AN 



ORDER OF WORSHIP 



FOR 




> 



PHILADELPHIA: 

S. R. FISHER <& CO., PUBLISHERS, 54 N. SIXTH STREET. 
1 867. 



95-73 



Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by 
S. R. FISHER, & CO., 
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 



Jas. B, Rodgers, 
Printer and Stereotyper, 
Philadelphia. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE . 

I. THE CHURCH FESTIVALS 5 

II. A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE LESSONS ..... 7 

III. THE REGULAR SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAY . 9 

IV. THE EVENING SERVICE 18 

V. THE LITANY 24 

VI. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS FOR SPECIAL 

OCCASIONS 28 

VII. THE GOSPELS, EPISTLES, AND COLLECTS ... 37 

VIII. THE HOLY COMMUNION 158 

IX. HOLY BAPTISM 188 

X. CONFIRMATION 203 

XI. MARRIAGE 208 

XII. ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION 214 

XIH. EXCOMMUNICATION AND RESTORATION . . . 238 

XIV. THE VISITATION AND COMMUNION OF THE SICK 247 

XV. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD 264 

XVI. A SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA 279 

XVII. THE RECEPTION OF IMMIGRANTS 289 

XVIII. THE LAYING OF A CORNER-STONE 293 

XIX. THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH . ' . . 298 

XX. THE CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL-GROUND . . 305 
XXI. AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE 

FAMILY * 312 

XXII. PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY 325 

£XIII. THE CANTICLES, PSALMS, AND ANCIFNT HYMNS 358 



THE CHURCH FESTIVALS. 



The movable festivals, with the exception of Advent Sunday, are determined 
by Easter, which is the first Sunday next after the full-moon that follows the 
twenty-first of March, but if this full-moon happen on a Sunday, Easter will be 
the next Sunday after. 

Septuagesima is nine weeks, Sexagesima eight weeks, Quinquagesima seven 
weeks, and the first week in Lent six weeks, respectively, before Easter. Ash- 
Wednesday is the Wednesday after Quinquagesima, Ascension Day is forty days, 
Whitsunday seven weeks, and Trinity Sunday eight weeks, respectively, after 
Easter. 

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the thirtieth day of November, 
whether before or after. 

Christmas always falls on the twenty-fifth of December, Epiphany on the sixth 
of January, and Good Friday in the week preceding Easter. 

All days appointed, by proper Ecclesiastical or Civil authority, for fasting or 
thanksgiving, are to be duly respected and observed. 

RULE FOR DETERMINING EASTER IN ANY YEAR. 
1. Divide the number of the year by 19, and call the remainder a. 



2 * » » » hy 4, „ ,. b. 

3 * » » }> hy 7, „ „ c. 

4. „ (19a + M.) by 30, „ „ d. 

5. „ (26 + 4c + 6d + N) by 7, „ „ e. 
In the Gregorian Calendar, M and N will have the following values . 

M. N. 

From 1582 to 1699 22 3 

1700 to 1799 23 3 

1800 to 1899 23 4 

1900 to 1999 24 5 

2000 to 2099 24 5 

2100 to 2199 24 6 

2200 to 2299 : 25 

2300 to 2399 26 1 

2400 to 2499 , 25 1 



6. Easter will be (22 + d + e) of March, or (d + e—9) of April. 

If a number is obtained beyond the 24th of April, seven days must be subtracted 
to get the correct time of Easter. 



6 

A TABLE OF THE MOVABLE FESTIVALS FROM 1867-1890. 





SUNDAYS AFTER 
EPIPHANY. 


CD 

H 

-4 
P 

H 
Ph 
H 

09 


ASH WEDNES- 
DAY. 


EASTER. 


ASCENSION DAY. 


WHITSUNDAY. 


SUNDAYS AFTER 
TRINITY. 


ADVENT. 


1867 


5 


Feb. 17 


Mar. 6 


April 21 


May 30 


June 9 


23 


Dec. 1 


1868 


4 


« 9 


Feb. 26 


" 12 


" 21 


May 31 


24 


Nov. 29 


1869 


2 


Jan. 24 


" 10 


Mar. 28 


" 6 


«' 16 


26 


" 28 


1870 


5 


Feb. 13 


Mar. 2 


April 17 


« 26 


June 5 


23 


« 27 


1871 


4 


" 5 


Feb. 22 


" 9 


" 18 


May 28 


25 


Dec. 3 


1872 


2 


Jan. 28 


« 14 


Mar. 31 


« 9 


" 19 


26 


" 1 


1873 


4 


Feb. 9 


" 26 


April 13 


« 22 


June 1 


24 


Nov. 30 


1874 


3 


" 1 


« 18 


" 5 


« !4 


May 24 


25 


" 29 


1875 


2 


Jan. 24 


" 10 


Mar. 28 


« 6 


« 16 


26 


« 28 


1876 


5 


Feb. 13 


Mar. 1 


April 16 


« 25 


June 4 


24 


Dec. 3 


1877 


3 


Jan. 28 


Feb. 14 


" 1 


« 10 


May 20 


26 


« 2 


1878 


5 


Feb. 17 


Mar. 6 


« 21 


" 30 


June 9 


23 


" 1 


1879 


4 


« 9 


Feb. 26 


« 13 


« 22 


" 1 


24 


Nov. 30 


1880 


2 


Jan. 25 


« 11 


Mar. 28 


" 6 


May 16 


26 


" 28 


1881 


5 


Feb. 13 


Mar. 2 


April 17 


« 26 


June 5 


23 


" 27 


1882 


4 


« 5 


Feb. 22 


" 9 


« 18 


May 28 


25 


Dec. 3 


1883 


2 


Jan. 21 


" 7 


Mar 9^ 


" 3 


« 13 


27 


" 2 


1884 


4 


Feb. 10 


" 27 


April 13 


« 22 


June 1 


24 


Nov. 30 


1885 


3 


" 1 


« 18 


« 5 


« 14 


May 24 


25 


" 29 


1886 


6 


« 21 


Mar. 10 


" 25 


June 3 


June 13 


22 


" 28 


1887 


4 





Feb. 23 


" 10 


May 19 


May 29 


24 


« 27 


1888 


3 


Jan. 29 


" 15 


« 1 


" 10 


" 20 


26 


Dec. 2 


1889 
1890 


5 
3 


Feb. 17 
« 2 


Mar. 6 
Feb. 19 


« 21 

" 6 


" 30 
« 15 


June 9 
May 25 


23 
25 


« 1 

Nov. 30 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE LESSONS 



FOR ALL THE SUNDAYS IN THE CHURCH YEAR. 




THE REGULAR SERVICE 

ON 

THE LORD'S DAY. 



Having taken his place on the right of the altar, the Congregation 
also standing up, the Minister shall say as follows : 

Iii the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Dearly Beloyed in the Lord : If we say that we 
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is 
not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful 
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
all unrighteousness. Let us, therefore, humble our- 
selves before the throne of Almighty God, our heaven- 
ly Father, and confess our manifold sins and trans- 
gressions with lowly and contrite hearts, that we may 
obtain forgiveness of the same through the merits of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Then the Minister and Congregation shall kneel, and repeat the fol- 
lowing Confession. 

9 



10 



THE REGULAR SERVICE 



Almighty and most merciful God, our heavenly 
Father, we cast ourselves down before Thee, under a 
deep sense of our unworthiness and guilt. We have 
grievously sinned against Thee, in thought, in word, 
and in deed. We have come short of Thy glory. 
We have broken Thy commandments, and turned 
aside every one of us from the way of life; and in 
us there is no soundness nor health. Yet now, 
most merciful Father, hear us when we call upon 
Thee with penitent hearts; and for the sake of Thy 
Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy upon us. Pardon our 
sins, and grant us Thy peace. Take away our guilt. 
Purify us, by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, from 
all inward uncleanness; and make us able and wil- 
ling to serve Thee in newness of life to the glory 
of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall the Minister rise, and pronounce to the Congregation, 
still kneeling, the following Declaration of Pardon. 

Hearken now unto the comforting assurance of the 
grace of God, promised in the Gospel to all that repent 
and believe: As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no 
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live. God so loved 
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

Unto as many of you, therefore, beloved brethren, 
as truly repent of your sins, and believe in the Lord 
Jesus Christ, with full purpose of new obedience, I 
announce and declare, by the authority and in the 



ON THE LORD'S DAY. 



11 



name of Christ, that your sins are forgiven in heaven, 
according to His promise in the Gospel, through the 
perfect merit of J esus Christ our Lord. 

Here, and at the end of every Collect and Prayer, the Congregation 
shall say : 

Amen. 

The Congregation shall now rise, and join with the Minister in re- 
peating the Apostles' Qreed; immediately after which shall be sung, 
chanted or recited, the Gloria in Excelsis; all in the following order. 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into 
hades; the third day He rose from the dead; He as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come 
to judge the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of 
sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 
Congregation* The Lord's name be praised. 

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, 



12 



THE REGULAR SERVICE 



we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks 
to Thee for Thy great glory, Lord God, heavenly 
King, God the Father Almighty. 

Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; 
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that 
takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou that takest away the sin of the world, have 
mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin of 
the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at 
the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon 
us. 

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; 
Thou only, Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most 
high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister read the proper Gospel and Epistle for the 
day ; adding, so far as he may see fit, other portions of Scripture. 

After the reading, the service shall proceed thus, the Congregation 
rising : 

M. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost: 

C. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

31. The Lord be with you. 
C. And with thy spirit. 

M. Let us pray. 

Then shall be offered the Collect for the day, and after this the fol- 
lowing General Prayer; except that, on Festival days, the first two Col- 
lects of the same shall be omitted and the proper Festival Prayer used 
in their stead. 



ON THE LORD'S DAY. 



13 



[During Lent, or in other seasons of humiliation, the Litany may 
ta£e the place of the General Prayer.] 

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, Thine 
unworthy servants, do give Thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving kind- 
ness to us, and to all men. We praise Thee for our 
creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this 
life; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; 
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. 
And, we beseech Thee, give us such due sense of all 
Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly 
thankful, and that we may show forth Thy praise, 
not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up 
ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee 
in holiness and righteousness all our days; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 

God of all power and glory, who hast not appointed 
us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord 
Jesus Christ, perfect and fulfill in us, we beseech Thee, 
the work of Thy redeeming mercy; that, being de- 
livered more and more from our sins, we may be able 
to serve Thee in newness of life. Sanctify us in body, 
soul, and spirit; and guide us evermore in the way of 
peace. Help us to overcome the world. Beat down 
Satan under our feet. Give us courage to confess 
Christ always; and patience to endure in His service 
unto the end; that having finished our course with 
joy, we may rest in hope, and attain finally to the re- 



14 



THE REGULAR SERVICE 



surrection of the just, through the infinite merits of 
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Thou God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
named, cause Thy blessing, we beseech -Thee, to rest 
upon the Church, which He has purchased with His 
most precious blood. Illuminate her ministers with 
true knowledge and understanding of Thy word. 
Send down the healthful dew of Thy grace upon all 
her congregations. Deliver her from false doctrine, 
heresy and schism; and clothe her with the beauty 
of holiness and peace. Establish and reveal Thy 
glory among all nations. By the tranquil working 
of Thy perpetual Providence, confound and destroy 
all wicked devices formed against Thy holy Word, 
and bring in speedily the full victory of Thine ever- 
lasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Almighty God, King of kings and Lord of lords, 
from whom proceedeth all power and dominion in 
heaven and on earth, most heartily we beseech Thee 
to look with favor upon Thy servants, the President 
of the United States, the Governor of this Common- 
wealth, and all others in authority. Imbue them 
with the spirit of wisdom, goodness, and truth; and 
so rule their hearts, and bless their endeavors, that 
law and order, justice and peace may every where 
prevail. Preserve us from public calamities; from 
pestilence and famine; from war, privy conspiracy, 
and rebellion; but especially from national sins and 
corruption. Make us strong and great in the fear ol 



ON THE LORD'S DAY. 



15 



God, and in the love of righteousness; so that being 
blessed of Thee, we may become a blessing to all na- 
tions, to the praise of the glory of Thy grace through 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

God, The Creator and Preserver of all mankind, 
we implore Thy mercy in behalf of all classes and 
conditions of men; that it may please Thee to visit 
them with Thy most compassionate help, according 
to their manifold necessities and wants. Especially 
do we beseech Thee to show pity upon all widows 
and orphans; upon all prisoners and captives; upon 
all sick and dying persons; upon those who are deso- 
late or sore afflicted in any way; and upon all such 
as are persecuted for righteousness' sake. Enable 
them to look unto Thee, most merciful Father, and 
to call upon Thy name, that they may find Thee a 
present Saviour in their affliction and distress. And 
let it please Thee to deliver them, and raise them up 
in due time, giving them patience under all their suf- 
ferings, the rich comfort of Thy grace here below, and 
eternal rest with Thee in heaven, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Here may be introduced any special Collect or Collects suitable to the 
occasion. 

Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this 
time with one accord to make our common supplica- 
tions unto Thee, and dost promise that where two or 
three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt 
grant their requests; fulfil now, Lord, the desires 
and petitions of Thy servants, as may be most expe- 
dient for them, granting us in this world knowledge 



16 



THE REGULAR SERVICE 



of Thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 

A suitable Psalm or Hymn shall now be sung. 

Then the Minister, having taken his place in the pulpit, shall pro- 
ceed to deliver the Sermon. This should be in harmony with the 
general order of the Church Year. 

After the Sermon, the service shall be continued as follows : 

M. Let us pray. 

Almighty God, Fountain of all goodness and truth, 
receive our thanks for the lively oracles of Thy grace, 
which are able to make us wise unto everlasting life; 
and mercifully grant, we beseech Thee, that the 
words, which we have heard this day with our out- 
ward ears, may through Thy blessing be so grafted 
inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in 
us the fruit of good living; to the honor and praise of 
Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O God, who art the author of peace and lover of 
concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal 
life, whose service is perfect freedom; defend us, Thy 
humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that 
we, surely trusting in Thy defence, may not fear the 
power of any adversaries, through the might of our 
glorious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Here let the People join aloud in the Lord's Prayer. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 



ON THE LORD'S DAY. 



17 



earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

The Deacons shall now collect the Alms of the People; and the Minis- 
ter may make any necessary Announcements. 

Then a Psalm or Hymn shall be sung, ending with a Doxology. 

After which the Minister shall close the whole service with the Apos- 
tolic Benediction. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
you all. Amen. 



2* 



B 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



Having taken his place at the altar, the Congregation also standing 
up, the Minister shall say as follows : 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all 
desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; 
cleanse the thoughts of our minds, we beseech Thee, 
by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, that, being de- 
livered from every unholy motion of the flesh and 
spirit, we may perfectly love Thee, with a pure heart 
and sanctified lips worship Thee, and worthily mag- 
nify Thy holy Name; through .Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Here, and at the end of every Collect and Prayer, the Congregation 
shall say: 

Amen. 

A Psalm or Hymn shall now be sung. 

Then shall the Congregation rise, and join with the Minister in re- 
peating the Apostles' Creed; immediately after which shall be chanted, 
or recited, the Gloria Patri; all in the following order. 
18 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



19 



I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of 
the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was 
crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hades ; 
the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended 
into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the 
Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge 
the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of 
sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 
Congregation. The Lord's name be praised. 

M. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost: 

C. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister read the Evening Lessons, as indicated in the 
Table of Scripture Lessons. 

After the reading, the service shall proceed thus, t'ae Congregation 
rising : 

M . The Lord be with you. 
C. And with thy spirit. 



M. Let us pray. 



20 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



M. Create in us a clean heart, God: 
C. And renew a right spirit within us. 

M. Cast us not away from Thy presence : 
(7. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Then shall be offered the Collect for the day, and after this the follow- 
ing General Prayer. 

God, from whom all holy desires, all good coun- 
sels, and all just works do proceed ; give unto Thy 
servants that peace which the world cannot give; that 
our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, 
and also that we, being defended from the fear of our 
enemies, may by Thy protection pass our time in 
peace and quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Lord, our heavenly Father, by whose almighty 
power we have been preserved this day, and to whom 
the darkness and the light are both alike ; by Thy 
great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of 
this night; and so refresh our weary nature with the 
help which our weakness needs, that we may behold 
the dawn and the day with joy fulness, and be de- 
voted to Thee both in body and soul, for the love of 
Thine only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

In goodness art Thou exalted, Lord, our Father, 
for ever and ever. We magnify Thee, we praise Thee, 
we worship Thee, we give thanks unto Thee for Thy 
bountiful providence, for all the blessings of the pre- 
sent life, and all the hopes of a better life to come ; let 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



21 



the memory of Thy goodness, we beseech Thee, fill our 
hearts with joy and thankfulness unto our life's end; 
and let no unworthiness of ours provoke Thee to with- 
hold from us any needed good, seeing that all Thy 
blessings come not by our desert, but only through 
the merit and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast promised 
to reveal Thy glory by Jesus Christ among all nations; 
remember, we beseech Thee, Thy holy Church through- 
out all the world; unite all who profess and call them- 
selves Christians in the bond of a holy faith as one 
body, and so replenish them and us with the grace of 
Thy Holy Spirit, that we may bring forth abundantly 
the fruits of peace and good works ; and that, having 
persevered in the way of godliness to the end, we may, 
with prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors and saints 
of all ages, come into full communion with Thee and 
with one another in Thine eternal and glorious king- 
dom; through the mediation of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

most powerful Lord God, King of kings, and Lord 
of lords, who alone ordainest the powers that be; take 
under Thy most gracious government and guidance, 
we beseech Thee, Thy servants, the President of the 
United States, the Governor of this Commonwealth, 
and all others in authority; and so enrich them with 
heavenly wisdom and grace, that they may attain 
Thine everlasting favor, and we lead quiet and peace- 
able lives, in all godliness and honesty ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



22 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



Almighty and most merciful God, who art a sea- 
sonable refuge in time of trouble; let the prayers of 
those who, in tribulation or any sort of extremity, cry 
unto Thee, reach Thy merciful ears, and grant them 
relief according to their several necessities, giving them 
patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out 
of all their afflictions; for the sake of the suffering 
and sorrow of Thy dear Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

Here may be introduced any special Collect or Collects suitable to the 
occasion. 

Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time 
with one accord to make our common supplications unto 
Thee, and dost promise that where two or three are 
gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt grant their 
requests; fulfil now, Lord, the desires and petitions 
of Thy servants, as may be most expedient for them, 
granting us in this world knowledge of Thy truth, 
and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen. 

A suitable Psalm or Hymn shall now be sung. 

Then the Minister, having taken his place in the pulpit, shall proceed 
to deliver the Sermon, or he may expound in course a portion of the 
Heidelberg Catechism. 

After the Sermon, the service shall be continued as follows : 

M. Let us pray. 

God, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful 
people by sending to them the light of Thy Holy Spi- 
rit ; grant unto us by the same Spirit to have a right 



THE EVENING SERVICE. 



23 



understanding of Thy saving truth. Visit, we pray 
Thee, this congregation with Thy love and favor; en- 
lighten their minds more and more with the light of 
the everlasting gospel ; graft in their hearts a love of 
the truth; increase in them true religion; nourish them 
with all goodness ; and of Thy great mercy keep them 
in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here let the People join aloud in the Lord's Prayer. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

The Deacons shall now collect the Alms of the people; and the Min- 
ister may make any necessary Announcements. 

Then a Psalm or Hymn shall be sung, ending with a Doxology. 

After which the Minister shall close the whole service with the Apos- 
tolic Benediction. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
you all. Amen. 



THE LITANY. 



Minister. God the Father in heaven; have 
mercy upon us. 

Congregation. Have mercy upon us. 

M. God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have 
mercy upon us. 

C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the 
Father and the Son ; have mercy upon us. 
C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three per- 
sons and one God; have mercy upon us. 
C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offen- 
ces of our forefathers; neither take Thou vengeance of 
our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare Thy people, whom 
Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood, 
and be not angry with us for ever. 

C. Spare us, good Lord. 

M. From all evil and harm; from the power of 

sin, and the snares of the devil; from Thy wrath, and 

from everlasting damnation ; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 
24 



THE LITANY. 



25 



M. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain- 
glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, 
and all uncharitableness; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. From all impure lusts and desires ; and from 
all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil; 
C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. From lightning, tempest, and earthquake; from 
plague, pestilence, and famine; from all disasters by 
land and by water; from battle and murder, and from 
sudden death ; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

w M. From tumult and riot ; from sedition and re- 
bellion; from heresy and schism; from hardness of 
heart, and contempt of Thy word and authority; 
Cm Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation ; by 
Thy holy nativity and circumcision ; by Thy baptism, 
fasting, and temptation ; 

Cm Good Lord, deliver us. 

Mm By Thine agony and bloody sweat ; by Thy 
cross and passion ; by Thy precious death and burial ; 
by Thy glorious resurrection and ascension ; and by 
the coming of the Holy Ghost ; 

Cm Good Lord, deliver us. 



3 



26 



THE LITANY. 



M. In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of 
our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of 
judgment; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

J/". We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 
C. Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 

M. That it may please Thee to keep us in all time 
of temptation and heaviness ; to comfort and help all 
the weak-hearted; to raise up them that fall, and 
finally to beat down Satan- under our feet ; 

€• We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to succor, help, and 
comfort all that are in danger, necessity and tribula- 
tion ; 

€• We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to preserve all travel- 
lers and strangers, all women in the perils of child- 
birth, all sick persons, and young children, and to 
show Thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; 

O. We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to defend and provide 
for the fatherless children, and widows, and all that 
are desolate and oppressed ; 

C. We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to have mercy upon 
all men; 

C. We* beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 



THE LITANY. 



27 



M. Son of God, Eedeemer of the world ; 
C, Have mercy upon us. 

Jf. Lamb of God that takest away the sin of the 
world ; 

C Have mercy upon us. 

M. Lamb of God that takest away the sin of the 
world ; 

C. Grant us Thy peace. 

God, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing 
of the contrite, nor rejectest the desire of the sorrowful: 
be favorable to our prayers which in our afflictions 
that continually oppress us, we pour out before Thee ; 
and graciously hear them, that those things which 
the craft of the devil or man worketh against us, may 
be brought to nought, and by the counsel of Thy good- 
ness be dispersed ; so that being hurt by no persecu- 
tions, we may evermore give thanks unto Thee in Thy 
holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

God, from whom all holy desires, all good coun- 
sels, and all just works do proceed; give unto Thy 
servants that peace which the world cannot give; 
that our hearts may be set to obey Thy command- 
ments, and also that we, being defended from the fear 
of our enemies, may by Thy protection pass our time 
in peace and quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS 



FOR 

SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



PEAYEES. 

For the Opening of a Synod or Classis. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who by Thy Holy 
Spirit didst preside in the first Synod of the Apostles 
and Elders at Jerusalem, and hast promised to be with 
Thy Church alway even unto the end of the world ; 
vouchsafe, we pray Thee, unto us Thy servants, here 
assembled, Thy gracious presence and benediction. 
Deliver us from all error, pride and prejudice. En- 
lighten us with wisdom from above. Fill our hearts 
with the spirit of unity and peace ; and so order and 
govern us in all our doings, that the kingdom of Satan 
may be broken down, Thy people comforted and es- 
tablished in their most holy faith, and the pure Gos- 
pel truly preached and truly followed ; until at length 
all Thy dispersed sheep shall be gathered into the one 
fold of the Great Shepherd, J esus Christ our Lord : to 
whom be glory forever. Amen. 
28 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



29 



For the Catechumens. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who dost, for 
the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, accept the inter- 
cessions of Thy people ; remember in Thy great mercy, 
we beseech Thee, the Catechumens in this congrega- 
tion and throughout Thy whole Church. By Thy 
Holy Spirit inwardly enlighten and instruct them in 
the knowledge of Thee and divine things; open the 
ears of their hearts to be occupied with Thy law day 
and night; strengthen and confirm them in religion ; 
unite them more closely with Thyself and Thy flock ; 
deliver them from all iniquity, and give no place to 
the Adversary to get advantage against them. Cleanse 
them from all pollution of flesh and spirit, and let 
the indwelling of Thy grace be evermore their strength 
and safety. Prepare them for the full communion of 
Thy Church here, and for Thy presence and glory in 
heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For the Opening of the Year. 

Almighty and eternal God, with whom one day is 
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; 
we bring Thee thanks and praise for Thy blessings, 
more than we can number, with which Thou hast 
crowned our lives during the year now past; and 
since Thy mercies are ever new, let the year which 
has now begun, be to us a year of grace and salvation, 
Have pity upon us in our misery, whose days are as 
the grass. Deliver us from the vanity of our old 
fallen nature ; and establish us in the fellowship of 
that life which is the same yesterday and to-day 
3* 



30 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 



and forever. Graciously protect and conduct us 
through the uncertainties of this new year of our 
earthly pilgrimage. Prepare us for its duties and 
trials, its joys and sorrows. Help us to watch and 
pray, and to be always ready like men that wait for 
their Lord ; and grant that every change, whether it 
be of prosperity or adversity, of life or of death, may 
bring us nearer to Thee and to that great eternal year 
of joy and rest, which, after the years of this vain 
earthly life, awaits the faithful in Thy blissful pres- 
ence ; where we shall unite, from everlasting to ever- 
lasting, with angels and saints, in ascribing blessing, 
and honor, and glory, and power, unto Him who sit- 
teth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

In Time of Dearth. 

God, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the 
rain doth fall, and the earth bring forth her increase ; 
behold, we beseech Thee, the afflictions of Thy peo- 
ple. Visit the earth with Thy heavenly benediction - 
and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we now 
most justly suffer for our sins, may, through Thy 
goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty; that we, 
receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same 
to Thy glory, the relief of those that are needy, and 
our own comfort : for the love of Jesus Christ our 
Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. 

In Time of Pestilence. 

Holy Lord God Almighty, who of old didst stay 
the angel of pestilence at the cry of Thy repenting 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



31 



children, and bring back health to a dying people ; 
hear us, Thy suppliants, returning unto Thee, as in 
sackcloth, dust, and ashes, and mercifully lift from us 
the heavy hand of Thy righteous visitation ; that the 
people may live before Thee, and not die in their sins, 
and that the land may no longer mourn by reason of 
Thy judgments, Lord, who for our iniquities art 
justly displeased. We humbly ask it for Christ's sake. 
Amen. 

In Time of War. 

Almighty God, Supreme Ruler, and Governor of 
all things, who art a strong tower of defence to them 
that fear Thee, and whose power no creature is able to 
resist ; unto Thee do we make our humble cry in this 
the hour of our country's need. To Thee it belongeth 
justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to those 
who repent. Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech 
Thee, from the hands of our enemies ; abate their 
pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices; 
that we, being armed with Thy defence, may be pre- 
served evermore from all perils, to glorify Thee, who 
art the only Giver of all victory ; through the merits 
of Thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For the Conversion of the Jeivs. 

Almighty God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and 
of Jacob, who didst first send Thy Son to the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel, and hast not shut out 
from Thy mercy even the most hardened offenders ; 
hear our prayers for Thine ancient people in their 
dispersion and blindness, that, the veil being taken 



32 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS 



from their hearts, they may know, through Thy Holy 
Spirit, both Thee and Him whom Thou hast sent, 
the only Messiah and Saviour ; and so, according to 
Thy most gracious promise, be gathered again into 
the true fold, under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

For a Sick Person. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, of Thine in- 
finite goodness grant unto the soul of thy servant the 
anointing of the Holy Ghost, who is the Spirit of all 
strength, comfort, relief and gladness. Vouchsafe for 
Thy great mercy, if it be Thy blessed will, to restore 
unto him bodily health and strength to serve Thee ; 
and send him release of all his pains, troubles, and 
diseases, both in body and mind. And howsoever 
Thy goodness, by Thy divine and unsearchable Provi- 
dence, may dispose of him, we, Thine unworthy ser- 
vants, humbly beseech Thy eternal Majesty to do with 
him according to the multitude of Thine innumerable 
mercies, and to pardon all his sins and offences com- 
mitted by his bodily senses, passions and carnal affec- 
tions. Vouchsafe also mercifully to grant unto him 
ghostly strength, by Thy Holy Spirit, to withstand 
and overcome all temptations and assaults of the Ad- 
versary, that in no wise he prevail against him, but 
that he may have perfect victory and triumph against 
the devil, sin and death: through Christ our Lord, 
who by His death hath overcome the prince of death, 
and, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, evermore 
liveth and reigneth God, world without end. Amen. 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



33 



Or this. 

Holy Father, Healer of souls and bodies, who didst 
send Thine only begotten Son, our Lord J esus Christ, 
healing every disease and redeeming from death; 
heal Thy servant also of the sickness of soul and body 
which encompasses him, and quicken him through the 
grace of Thy Christ ; for Thou, Christ our God, art 
the Fountain of healing, and to Thee, with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, we ascribe all honor and praise. 
Amen. 



THANKSGIVINGS. 

A General Thanksgiving. 

God, Giver of all good and Fountain of all mer- 
cies, in whom are the springs of our life: all glory, 
thanks and praise be unto Thee for Thine ever-flow- 
ing goodness; for Thy faithfulness which is from one 
generation to another; for Thy mercies which are new 
every morning, fresh every moment, and more than 
we can number; for seed-time and harvest, and sum- 
mer and winter, and nights and days throughout the 
year; for food and raiment and shelter; for health and 
reason; for childhood and age, and youth and man- 
hood; for Thy fatherly hand ever upon us in sickness 
and in health, in joy and in sorrow, in life and in 
death; for friends and kindred and kind benefactors; 
for home and country; for Thy Church and for Thy 
gospel; yea, Lord, for that there is nothing for which 
we may not bless and thank Thee. And therefore do 
G 



34 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS 



we take the cup of salvation, and call upon Thy name, 
and pay our vows now in the presence of all Thy peo- 
ple; humbly beseeching Thee to accept this our be- 
coming service and bounden duty, even as we offer it, 
in the name and through the infinite merits of Thy 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Thanksgiving for Harvest 

Almighty and everlasting God, we yield Thee 
hearty thanks for all Thy goodness, and especially for 
this Thy bounty again bestowed upon us, who, through 
Thy providence and tender mercy, have now reaped 
the fruits of the earth in due season, and gathered them 
into our garners. Give us power to use the same to 
Thy glory, to the relief of those that are needy, and 
to our own comfort. Continue, we beseech Thee, Thy 
loving-kindness toward us, that year by year our land 
may yield her increase, filling our hearts with joy and 
gladness; and so dispose us by Thy special grace that 
we, Thy servants, may never sow only to the flesh, 
lest of the flesh we reap corruption, but may sow spi- 
ritually to life everlasting, and reap the same in Thy 
heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For Deliverance from Dearth. 

We yield Thee abounding thanks, most bounti- 
ful God and Father, who hast had compassion upon 
the multitudes that were ready to perish with hun- 
ger; and even as Thou didst make the few loaves and 
fishes enough for thousands, art now crowning the 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



35 



seed-time with harvest and filling the land with plenty. 
And we beseech Thee, that unto this Thy miracle of 
earthly providence, Thou wilt add Thy richer miracle 
of heavenly grace, and evermore give us that bread 
which cometh down from heaven, whereof they that 
eat shall be nourished unto life eternal ; through J esus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For Deliverance from Pestilence. 

Lord God of our salvation, who turnest man to 
destruction and sayest, Eeturn, ye children of men ; 
we yield Thee hearty thanks for that Thou didst not 
shut the ears of Thy mercy when we cried unto Thee, 
in the day of Thy terrible visitation, as out of the val- 
ley and shadow of death; but hast mercifully driven 
from our borders the wasting pestilence, and restored 
the voice of joy and health into our dwellings. Of 
Thy mercy it is, Lord, that we were not utterly 
consumed and wasted away; and, therefore, as the 
living from the dead, we return to bless and praise 
and magnify Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For Deliverance from War, or other Piiblic Calamity. 

almighty God, who hast in all ages showed forth 
Thy power and mercy in all the miraculous deliver- 
ances of Thy Church, and in the protection of right- 
eous states and nations, maintaining Thy holy and 
eternal truth ; we adore the wisdom and goodness of 
Thy providence, which hath so timely interposed in 
our extreme danger, and again filled our hearts with 



36 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 



joy and gladness, after that Thou hadst afflicted us. 
We beseech Thee, give us such a lively and lasting 
sense of this Thy great mercy towards us, that we 
may not grow secure and careless in our obedience by 
presuming upon Thy goodness, but that it may lead 
us to repentance, and move us to be the more zealous 
in all the duties of our religion, as well to Thee as to 
one another. Let truth and justice, liberty and or- 
der, holiness and piety, concord and unity, with all 
other virtues, so flourish among us, that they may be 
the stability of our times, and make this nation a bul- 
wark of Thy Church, and a joy and praise in the earth. 
So will we, Thy people, and the sheep of Thy pas- 
ture, give Thee thanks for ever, and always be show- 
ing forth Thy praise from generation to generation : 
through Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Eedeemer, 
to whom, with Thee, Father, and the Holy Ghost, 
be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. 



THE 



GOSPELS, EPISTLES, AND COLLECTS 

FOR 

THE CHURCH YEAR. 



First Sunday in Advent. 



The Gospel, St. Matt, xxi. 8-11. (St. John i. 1-18.) 

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the 
way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed 
them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and 
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna 
in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all 
the city was moved, saying, Who is this ? And the multitude 
said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 

The Epistle, Rom. xiii. 11-14. (1 John i. 1-ii. 2.) 

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to 
awake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than when 
we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let 
us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on 
the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; 
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wan- 
tonness, not in strife and envying: but put ye on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil 
the lusts thereof. 

4 3T 



38 



FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



The Collect. 

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away 
the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of 
light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which 
Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great hu- 
mility; that in the last day, when He shall come 
again in His glorious majesty, to judge both the quick 
and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through 
Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, now and forever. Amen. 



The Festival Prayer. 
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we Thine un- 
worthy servants do render Thee unfeigned thanks, 
that after man, created in Thine own image, had, 
through the fraud and malice of Satan, fallen under 
the power of the curse, Thou didst not leave him to 
perish in helpless misery, but didst provide a Deliverer 
and proclaim to the fathers, by the mouths of the 
prophets and holy men of old, the Advent of Thy 
Son, the Hope of Israel, the Desire of all nations, the 
Eedeemer of the world : to whom be glory forever and 
ever. Amen. 

God of all grace and comfort, who hast not appoint- 
ed us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord 
Jesus Christ, aid us, we beseech Thee, at this time, to 
repent heartily and truly of all our sins, and so to 
humble ourselves, that, when He cometh, we may be 
prepared to receive Him with childlike faith, and join 
in the glad cry : Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed 
is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Amen. 



SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



39 



Second Sunday in Advent. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xxi. 25-33. (St. Matt. xxv. 1-13.) 

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and 
in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with 
perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts 
failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which 
are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be 
shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in 
a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things 
begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; 
for your redemption draweth nigh. And He spake to them 
a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; when they 
now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that 
summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see 
these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God 
is nigh at hand. Yerily I say unto you, This generation 
shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth 
shall pass away ; but my words shall not pass away. 

The Epistle, Rom. xv. 4-13. (Heb. x. 1-9.) 
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written 
for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the 
Scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and 
consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward another 
according to Christ Jesus ; that ye may with one mind and 
one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also re- 
ceived us, to the glory of God. Now I say that Jesus Christ 
was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to 
confirm the promises made unto the fathers : and that the 
Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, 
For this cause I will confess to Thee among the Gentiles, and 
sing unto Thy name. And again He saith, Rejoice, ye Gen- 



40 



THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



tiles, with His people. And again, Praise the Lord, all 
ye Gentiles ; and laud Him, all ye people. And again, Esaias 
saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to 
reign over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles trust. 
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in be- 
lieving, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of 
the Holy Ghost. 

The Collect. 

Cleanse our conscience^ we beseech Thee, Almighty 
God, by the daily visitation of Thy grace; that when 
Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, shall come, He may 
find us fit for His appearing, and ready to meet Him 
without spot, in the company of all His saints : who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Third Sunday in Advent, 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xi. 2-10. (St. Luke xvii. 20-37.) 
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of 
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art 
thou he that should come, or do we look for another ? Jesus 
answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those 
things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their 
sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the 
deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the 
gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall 
not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began 
to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye 
out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the 
wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in 
soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in 



FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



41 



kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? A pro- 
phet ? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For 
this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger 
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. iv. 1-5. (1 Thess. v. 1-8.) 

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, 
and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is re- 
quired in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with 
me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or 
of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine own self. For I 
know nothing by myself ; yet am I not hereby justified : but 
he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing 
before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to 
light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest 
the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have 
praise of God. 

The Collect. 

Incline, Lord, we beseech Thee, Thine ear to 
our prayers, and visit the darkness of our mind with 
the dayspring from on high; that at the second 
coming of Thy Son to judge the world, we may has- 
ten with joy to meet Him, who liveth and reigneth 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, w^orld 
without end. Amen. 



Fourth Sunday in Advent. 



The Gospel, St. John i. 19-34. (St. John iii. 22-36.) 
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests 
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And 

4* 



42 



FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the 
Christ. And they asked him, What then ? Art thou Elias ? 
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he 
answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? 
that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What 
sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one cry- 
ing in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as 
said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of 
the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, 
Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor 
Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, 
I baptize with water : but there standeth one among you, 
whom ye know not ; he it is, who, coming after me, is pre- 
ferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to 
unloose. These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jor- 
dan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth 
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 
which taketh away the sin of the world ! This is he of whom 
I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me : 
for he was before me. And I knew him not : but that he 
should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come bap- 
tizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the 
Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon 
him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize 
with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt 
see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is 
he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and 
bare record that this is the Son of God. 

The Epistle, Phil. iv. 4-7. (Gal. iii. 21-29.) 

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is 
at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by~ 
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests 
be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which 



CHRISTMAS DAY. 



43 



passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, 
through Christ Jesus. 

The Collect. 
Arise, Lord, we beseech Thee, and show unto us 
speedily the power of Thy glorious salvation; that we, 
being redeemed from our sins, and delivered out of 
the hands of our enemies, may be enabled to serve 
Thee without fear, in holiness and righteousness be- 
fore Thee, all the days of our life; through the me-* 
diation of Thy Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Christmas Day— Nativity of our Lord. 



The Gospel, St. John i. 1-14. (St. Luke ii. 1-20.) 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the begin- 
ning with God. All things were made by him ; and without 
him was not any thing made that was made. In him was 
life ; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth 
in darkness ; and the darkness comprehended it not. There 
was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same 
came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men 
through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was 
sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, 
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He 
was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the 
world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own 
received him not. But as many as received him, to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that 



44 



CHRISTMAS DAY. 



believe on his name : which were born, not of blood, nor of 
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we- 
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the 
Father, full of grace and truth. 

The Epistle, Heb. i. 1-12. (Phil. ii. 5-11.) 

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in 
time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last 
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed 
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who, 
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of 
his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, 
when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right 
hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than 
the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excel- 
lent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he 
at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? 
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me 
a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten 
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his 
angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto 
the Son he saith, Thy throne, God, is for ever and ever : 
a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore 
God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of glad- 
ness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning 
hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are 
the works of thine hands. They shall perish; but thou re- 
mainest: and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and 
as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be 
changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 



The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given us 



CHRISTMAS DAY. 



45 



Thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, 
and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin; grant 
that we, being regenerate and made Thy children by 
adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy 
Holy Spirit after the image of this same blessed and 
glorious Christ: who liveth and reigneth with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 



The Festival Prayer. 

Thou only begotten Son of God, who in the ful- 
ness of time coming forth from the bosom of the Fa- 
ther, wast made flesh and didst dwell among us, full 
of grace and truth, we bless Thee for Thy conception 
by the Holy Ghost and for Thy birth of the blessed 
Virgin, whereby Thou hast become the true seed of 
Abraham and didst take upon Thyself all our sins and 
-infirmities, that we might have salvation from sin and 
eternal life in Thee. With the multitude of angels 
who proclaimed Thy joyous Advent, and with Thy 
people among all nations we unite in saying, Glory 
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will 
toward men. Amen. 

God, merciful Father, vouchsafe unto us, we hum- 
bly beseech Thee, the continual help of Thy grace, 
that we may acknowledge and confess Thine incar- 
nate Son as our true and only Lord and Saviour, and 
that receiving Him with childlike faith we may ever 
feed on His precious body and blood as the true meat 
and drink of our souls unto everlasting life. Amen. 



46 



st. Stephen's day. 



St. Stephen's Day. 

[The Festival of St. Stephen, the first martyr, is celebrated on the first day 
after Christmas, to symbolize the idea that the terrestrial birth of our Saviour is 
immediately followed by the death, that is, the celestial birth, of His martyrs.] 



The Gospel, St. Matt, xxiii. 34-39. 

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; 
and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and 
persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come 
all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood 
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Bara- 
chias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Veri- 
ly I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this 
generation. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the 
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a 
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would 
not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I 
say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall 
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

The Epistle, Acts vi. 8; vii. 60. 

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders 
and miracles among the people. And he kneeled down, and 
cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. 
And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 

The Collect. 

As we honor on this day, Lord God, the memory 
of Thy blessed martyr, St. Stephen, grant unto us 
grace, we beseech Thee, to follow his faith and charity; 
that however sorely tried by the contradiction of sin- 



ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. 



47 



ners, we may be able, like him, to look steadfastly up 
into heaven, and to commend even our enemies to the 
pardoning mercy of our only Mediator and Advocate, 
Jesus Christ : to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
be honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



St, John the Evangelist's Day. 

[The Festival of St. John is celebrated on the second day after Christmas, 
because he was the bosom friend of Jesus, and has most fully unfolded the mys- 
tery of the Word made flesh for our salvation.] 



The Gospel, St. John xxi. 19-24. 

This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify 
God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Fol- 
low me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom 
Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at 
supper and said, Lord, which is he that betray eth thee? 
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this 
man do ? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me. Then went this 
saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should 
not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, 
If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? This 
is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote 
these things : and we know that his testimony is true. 

TJie Epistle, 1 John i. 1-10. 

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, 
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked 
upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ; (for 
the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear wit- 
ness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the 
Father, and was manifested unto us;) that which we have 
seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have 



48 



THE INNOCENTS' DAY. 



fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the 
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things 
write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is 
the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto 
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If 
we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the 
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with ano- 
ther, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from 
all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we 
make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

The Collect. 

Shine graciously upon Thy Church, we beseech 
Thee, Lord; that being enlightened by the doctrine 
and filled with the mind of Thy blessed Apostle and 
Evangelist, Saint John, whom Jesus loved, it may 
come at last into Thy beatific presence and enjoy the 
rewards of everlasting life ; through J esus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



The Innocents' Day. 

[This Festival, in memory of the slaughtered infants, is celebrated on the third 
day after Christmas. Martyrdom was regarded by the ancient Church as a 
heavenly birth. Hence, the day of St. Stephen, martyr both in will and in fact, 
of St. John, martyr in will though not in fact, and of the Holy Innocents, mar- 
tyrs in fact though not in will, follow immediately after Christmas.] 



The Gospel, St. Matt. ii. 13-18. 

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and 



THE INNOCENTS' DAY. 



49 



take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, 
and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will 
seek the- young child to destroy him. "When he arose, he 
took the young child and his mother by night, and departed 
into Egypt : and was there until the death of Herod : that it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the pro- 
phet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Then 
Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, 
was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children 
that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from 
two years old and under, according to the time which he had 
diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that 
which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama 
was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great 
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not 
be comforted, because they are not. 

The Epistle, Rev. xiv. 1-5. 

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, 
and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having 
his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard 
a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the 
voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers 
harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new 
song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the 
elders : and no man could learn that song but the hundred 
and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the 
earth. These are they which were not defiled with women ; 
for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb 
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among 
men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And 
in their mouth was found no guile : for they are without fault 
before the throne of God. 

The Colled, 
God, who out of the mouths of babes and suck- 



50 



FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 



lings hast ordained strength, and whose praise the 
slaughtered infants of Bethlehem proclaimed, not by 
speaking, but by dying; mortify and kill in us, we be- 
seech Thee, all evil propensities and wrong desires, 
and so strengthen us by Thy grace, that the same holy 
faith, which we own with our tongues, we may con- 
fess also by the innocency of our lives : to the glory 
of Thy great name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



First Sunday after Christmas, 

The Gospel, St. Matt. i. 18-25. (St.-Luke ii. 23-35.) 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : When as 
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came 
together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then 
Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to 
make her a public example, was minded to put her away pri- 
vily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the 
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Jo- 
seph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy 
wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name 
Jesus : for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all 
this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of 
the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be 
with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call 
his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with 
us. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel 
of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 
and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born 
son: and he called his name Jesus. „ 



THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST — NEW YEAR'S DAY. 51 



The Epistle, Gal. iy. 1-7. (1 John iv. 1-10.) 
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth 
nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is un- 
der tutors and governors until the time appointed of the 
father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage 
under the elements of the world : but when the fulness of the 
time was come, (rod sent forth his Son, made of a woman, 
made under the law. to redeem them that were under the 
law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And be- 
cause ye are sons, Grod hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art 
no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of 
God through Christ. 

The Collect. 
Most merciful God, who hast so loved the world as 
to give Thine only begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lie veth in Him should not perish, but have everlast- 
ing life; vouchsafe unto us, we humbly pray Thee, the 
precious gift of faith, whereby, we may know that the 
Son of God is come, and being always rooted and 
grounded in the mystery of the Word made flesh, may 
have power to overcome the world, and gain the bles- 
sed immortality of heaven : through the merits of this 
same incarnate Christ, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 



The Circumcision of Christ— New Year's Day, 

T7ie Gospel, St. Luke ii. 1-5-21. {Psalm xc.) 

And it came to pass, as the angels vrere gone away from 
them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us 



52 



NEW YEAE's DAY. 



now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is 
come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 
And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and 
the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, 
they made known abroad the saying which was told them 
concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered 
at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But 
Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for 
all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told 
unto them. And when eight days were accomplished for the 
circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which 
was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the 
womb. 

The Epistle, Col. ii. 8-17. {Heb. xi. 8-16.) 
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and 
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of 
the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the 
fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all principality and power : in whom also 
ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, 
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circum- 
cision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye 
are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, 
who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead 
in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he 
quickened together with him, having forgiven you all tres- 
passes; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was 
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the 
way, nailing it to his cross ; and having spoiled principalities 
and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over 
them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in 
drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of 
the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but 
the body is of Christ. 



SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 53 



The Collect. 
Almighty and most merciful God, by whose will 
Thy well-beloved Son, the Saviour of the world, was 
circumcised in His spotless flesh, to put honor on the 
law which He had come to fulfil; grant unto us, we 
beseech Thee, the true circumcision of the spirit, where- 
by being inwardly purged from all worldly and carnal 
lusts, we may offer ourselves unto Thee a living sac- 
rifice, holy and acceptable through Jesus Christ: to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



Second Sunday after Christmas. 



The Gospel, St. Luke ii. 33-40. 
And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which 
were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said 
unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall 
and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which 
shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce through 
thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be 
revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the 
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great 
age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her 
virginity ; and she was a widow of about fourscore and four 
years, which departed not from the temple, but served God 
with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming 
in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and 
spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jeru- 
salem. And when they had performed all things according to 
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own 
city, Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong in 
spirit, filled with wisdom : and the grace of God was upon him. 

5* 



54 



THE EPIPHANY. 



The Epistle, Rom-, vi. 12-18. 

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye 
should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your 
members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but 
yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the, 
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto 
God. For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye are 
not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we 
sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? 
God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves 
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; 
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteous- 
ness ? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of 
sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine 
which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, 
ye became the servants of righteousness. 

The Collect. 
Almighty and everlasting God, who by Thine only 
begotten Son hast made us to be a new creation for 
Thyself, and hast bathed us in the new light of Thine 
Incarnate Word; preserve in us, we beseech Thee, the 
works of Thy mercy, and cleanse us from all our an- 
cient stains ; that by the assistance of Thy grace we 
may be found in His form, in whom our substance 
dwells with Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



The Epiphany, 

[The Epiphany, or Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, is celebrated on the 
sixth day of January.] 



The Gospel, St. Matt. ii. 1-12. (Is. Ix. 1-15.) 
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the 



THE EPIPHANY. 



55 



days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from 
the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is be that is born King 
of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are 
come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard 
these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes 
of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ 
should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of 
Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou 
Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the 
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that 
shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had 
privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what 
time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, 
and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and 
when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may 
come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, 
they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, 
went before them, till it came and stood over where the 
young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced 
with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into 
the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, 
and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had 
opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, 
and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in 
a dream that they should not return to Hero I, they departed 
into their own country another way. 

The Epistle, Eph. iii. 1-12. {Rom. xv. 8-12.) 

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you 
Gentiles, if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of 
God which is given me to you-ward: how that by revelation 
he made known unto me the mystery, as^ I wrote afore in few 
words; whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my 
knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was 
not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed 



56 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the 
Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and 
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel : whereof I 
was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of 
God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this 
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the 
unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what 
is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning 
of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by 
Jesus Christ: to the intent that now unto the principalities 
and powers in heavenly places might be known, by the 
church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal 
purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : in 
whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the 
faith of him. 

TJie Collect. 
God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest 
Thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles ; mercifully 
grant that we, who have now come to know Thee here 
by faith, may be conducted to the full vision of Thy 
glory hereafter in heaven ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



First Sunday after the Epiphany. 



The Gospel, St. Luke ii. 41-52. (St. Matt. iii. 13-17.) 
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast 
of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they 
went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And 
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child 
Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his 



FIKST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 57 



mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have 
been in the company, went a day's journey ; and they sought 
him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they 
found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking 
him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both 
hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that 
heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother 
said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? behold, 
thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said 
unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I 
must be about my Father's business? And they understood 
not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went 
down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject 
unto them : but his mother kept all these sayings in her 
heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favor with God and man. 

The Epistle, Rom. xii. 1-5. [Rom. vi. 3-11.) 

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accepta- 
ble unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not 
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the re- 
newing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, 
and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I say, through 
the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not 
to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but *' 
to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man 
the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one 
body, and all members have not the same office : so we, being 
many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of 
another. 

The Collect. 

Keceive, Lord, with compassionate kindness, the 
prayers of Thy suppliant people, and bestow upon 



58 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



them plenteously the aids of Thy heavenly grace; that 
they may both know what things they ought to do, 
and be strong also to do what they know; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 



Second Sunday after the Epiphany. 

The Gospel, St. John ii. 1-11. (St. Luke iv. 1-13.) 

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; 
and the mother of Jesus was there : and both Jesus was called, 
and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted 
wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee ? 
mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the ser- 
vants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were 
set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the puri- 
fying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And 
they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, 
Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And 
they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the 
water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was : (but 
the servants which drew the water knew:) the governor of the 
feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man 
at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men 
have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast 
kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles 
did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; 
and his disciples believed on him. 



THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 59 



The Epistle, Rom. xii. 6-16. (Heb. ii. 14-18.) 
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to 
the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our minis- 
tering : or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhort- 
eth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with sim- 
plicity : he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that showeth mer- 
cy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. 
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be 
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in ho- 
nor preferring one another ; not slothful in business ; fervent 
in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in 
tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the 
necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which 
persecute you: bless, and curse not. Bejoice with them that 
do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same 
mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but conde- 
scend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 

The Collect. 
God, the Fountain of all truth and grace, who 
hast called us out of darkness into marvellous light 
by the glorious gospel of Thy Son; grant unto us 
power, we beseech Thee, to walk worthy of this voca- 
tion, with all lowliness and meekness, endeavoring to 
keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ; that 
we may have our fruit unto holiness, and the end 
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 



Third Sunday after the Epiphany. 

The Gospel, St. Matt. yiii. 1-13. (St. Mark i. 14-22.) 

When he was come down from the mountain, great multi- 
tudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and 



60 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make 
me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, 
saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy 
was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no 
man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer 
the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came 
unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my 
servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The 
centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou 
shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and 
my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, 
having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he 
goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my ser- 
vant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he 
marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto 
you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And 
I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, 
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in 
the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom 
shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, 
Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto 
thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 

The Epistle, Rom. xii. 17-21. (1 Cor. i. 17-25.) 

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest 
in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in 
you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge 
not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is 
written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give 
him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his 
head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 



FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 61 



The Collect. 
Almighty and everlasting God, look mercifully, we 
beseech Thee, upon our great weakness; and in the 
midst of the manifold trials and dangers which beset 
us on all sides, stretch forth the right hand of Thy 
majesty for our protection and help ; through Jesus 
Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 



Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, 



The Gospel, St. Matt. viii. 23-27. (St. Luke iv. 14-24.) 
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed 
him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, 
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he 
was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, 
saying, Lord, save us : we perish. And he saith unto them, 
Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith ? Then he arose, and 
rebuked the winds and the sea ; and , there was a great calm. 
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, 
that even the winds and the sea obey him ! 

The Epistle, Rom. xiii. 1-7. (2 Cor. iv. 1-6.) 

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For 
there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained 
of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth 
the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to 
themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good 
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the 
power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of 
the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But 
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the 
sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to 
6 



62 



FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must 
needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience 
sake. For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are 
God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 
Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute 
is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor 
to whom honor. 

The Collect. 

God, who hast founded the earth upon the seas, 
and established it upon the floods, and whose word is 
forever settled in heaven; grant unto us grace, we 
beseech Thee, to look beyond the things which are 
seen and temporal to the things which are not seen 
and eternal; that walking by faith more than by sight, 
we may not be unduly moved by any occasions in this 
world, but be able to endure unto the end in the way 
of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is the 
same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. Amen. 



Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 

[The number of Sundays after the Epiphany depends upon the date of Easter, 
which is a movable Feast, and varies from one to six.] 

The Gospel, St. Matt. xiii. 24-30. (St. Matt. xiii. 1-9.) 

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The king- 
dom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed 
in his field : but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed 
tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the 
blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared 
the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and 
said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? 
from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An 
enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou 



SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 63 



then that we go and gather them up ? But he said, Nay ; 
lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat 
with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and 
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye 
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn 
them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 

The Epistle, Col. iii. 12-17. (1 Pet. i. 22-25.) 
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, 
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, 
long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one 
another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as 
Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things 
put on charity, which is the bond of "perfectness. And let 
the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye thankful. Let the word of 
Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and ad- 
monishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And 
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the 
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 

The Collect. 

Lord, we beseech Thee to keep Thy Church and 
household continually in Thy true religion; that they 
who do lean only upon the hope of Thy heavenly 
grace, may evermore be defended by Thy mighty 
power; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 



Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, 

The Gospel, St. Matt. xvii. 1-9. (St. Matt. xiii. 44-52. 

And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John 
his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain 



64 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did 
shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, talk- 
ing with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, 
Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make 
here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and 
one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud 
overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, 
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they 
fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and 
touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when 
they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus 
only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus 
charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son 
of man be risen again from the dead. 

The Epistle, 1 John iii. 1-10. (1 Pet. ii. 1-10.) 

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon 
us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the 
world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, 
now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what 
we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall 
be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man 
that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law : 
for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he 
was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. 
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth 
hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let 
no man deceive you : he that doeth righteousness is righteous, 
even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the 
devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this 
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy 
the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not 
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him : and he cannot 



THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



65 



sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God 
are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth 
not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. 

The Collect, 

God, whose blessed Son was manifested that He 
might destroy the works of the devil, and make us 
the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; enable us, 
we beseech Thee, having this hope, to purify ourselves, 
even as He is pure; that when He shall appear again 
with power and great glory, we may be made like 
unto Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom : where 
He liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Third Sunday before Lent— Septuagesima. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xx. 1-16. (St. Matt. xiv. 22-33.) 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an 
householder, which went out early in the morning to hire la- 
borers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the 
laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others stand- 
ing idle in the market-place, and said unto them, Go ye also 
into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, I will give you. 
And they went their way. Again he went out about the 
sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the 
eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, 
and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith 
unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is 
right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord 
E 6* 



66 



THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and 
give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, 
they received every man a penny. But when the first came, 
they supposed that they should have received more ; and they 
likewise received every man a penny. And when they had 
received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, 
saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast 
made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and 
heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, 
Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst not thou agree with me for 
a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give 
unto this last even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do 
wmat I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am 
good? So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be 
called, but few chosen. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. ix. 24-27.— x. 1-5. {Rom. viii. 31-39.) 

Know ye not, that they which run in a race, run all, but 
one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And 
every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all 
things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but 
we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; 
so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under 
my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means 
when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. — Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be 
ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and 
all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses 
in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual 
meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they 
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them : and that 
Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well 
pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 



SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



67 



The Collect. 
Lord, we beseech Thee favorably to hear the 
prayers of Thy people; that we who are justly pun- 
ished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by 
Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy name; through 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world 
without end. Amen. 



Second Sunday before Lent— Sexagesima. 



The Gospel, St. Luke viii. 4-15. {St. John x. 1-18.) 

And when much people were gathered together, and were 
come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable : A sower 
went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the 
wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air 
devoured it. And some fell upon a rock ; and as soon as it 
was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 
And some fell among thorns ; and the thorns sprang up with 
it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang 
up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said 
these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable 
be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the myste- 
ries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that 
seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not under- 
stand. Now the parable is this : The seed is the word of God. 
Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the 
devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they 
should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, 
which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these 
have no root, which for awhile believe, and in time of tempta- 
tion fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, 



SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with 
cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit 
to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which 
in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, 
and bring forth fruit with patience. 

The Epistle, 2 Cor. x\. 19-33.— xii. 1-9. (1 Pet. ii. 17-25.) 

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man de- 
vour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a 
man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, 
as though we had been weak. Howbeit, whereinsoever any 
is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are they He- 
brews ? so am I. Are they Israelites ? so am I. Are they 
the seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ ? 
(I speak as a fool,) I am more; in labors more abundant, in 
stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths 
oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I 
suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; 
in journey ings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, 
in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, 
in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the 
sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and pain- 
fulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings 
often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are 
without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the 
churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, 
and I burn not ? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the 
things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, 
knoweth that I lie not. In Damascus the governor under 
Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a gar- 
rison, desirous to apprehend me : and through a window in a 
basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. — 
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to 



SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



69 



visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ 
above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; 
or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) 
such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such 
a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot 
tell: God knoweth;) how that he was caught up into para- 
dise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for 
a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory : yet of myself 
I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would 
desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: 
but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above 
that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And 
lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance 
of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, 
the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted 
above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, 
that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My 
grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect 
in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in 
my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, who givest power to the faint, and 
strength to them that have no might; look mercifully, 
we beseech Thee, on our low estate, and cause Thy 
grace to triumph in our weakness; that we may arise 
and follow in the way of righteousness those who by 
their faith and patience already inherit the promises; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Sunday before Lent— Quinquagesima, or Estoniihi. 

The Gospel, St. Luke xviii. 31-43. (St. Matt. xvi. 21-23.) 

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Be- 



70 



SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 



hold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written 
by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accom- 
plished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and 
shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on : and 
they shall scourge him, and put him to death : and the third 
day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these 
things : and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they 
the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as 
he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by 
the wayside, begging : and hearing the multitude pass by, he 
asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Naza- 
reth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of Da- 
vid, have mercy on me. And they which went before, rebuked 
him, that he should hold his peace : but he cried so much the 
more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus 
stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him : and when 
he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that 
I should do unto thee ? And he said, Lord, that I may re- 
ceive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight : 
thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his 
sight, and followed him, glorifying God : and all the people, 
when they saw it, gave praise unto God. 

Hie Epistle, 1 Cor. xiii. 1-13. (1 Pet. iv. 12-19.) 

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and 
have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tink- 
ling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and 
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I 
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my 
goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be 
burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Cha- 
rity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity 
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself 
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, think- 
eth no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the 



FIRST DAT IN LENT. 



71 



truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 
things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth : but whe- 
ther there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be 
tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it 
shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in 
part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that 
which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I 
spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child : 
but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For 
now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face to face : 
now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am 
known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; 
but the greatest of these is charity. 

The Collect. 

Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings 
without charity are nothing worth; send Thy Holy 
Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent 
gift of charity, the very bond of perfectness, and of all 
virtues ; without which, whosoever liveth is counted 
dead before Thee. Grant this for Thine only Son 
Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 



First Day in Lent— Ash-Wednesday. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. vi. 16-21. {Psalm li.) 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may 
appear unto men to fast. Yerily I say unto you, they have 
their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine 
head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to 
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Lay not up 



72 



FIRST DAY IN LENT. 



for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay 
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through 
nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart 
be also. 

The Epistle, Joel. ii. 12-18. {Rev. iii. 14-22.) 

Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning : and rend your heart, and not your garments, 
and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 
him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, 
and leave a blessing behind him ; even a meat offering and a 
drink offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet 
in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the 
people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather 
the children, and those that suck the breasts : let the bride- 
groom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her 
closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep- be- 
tween the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy 
people, Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that 
the heathen should rule over them : wherefore should they 
say among the people, Where is their God ? Then will the 
Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 

The Collect. 
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing 
that Thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all 
those who are penitent; create and make in us new 
and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our 
sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain 
of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and 
forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 



* 73 



First Sunday in Lent— Invocavit. 

The Gospel, St. Matt. iv. 1-11. (St. Matt vi. 1-21.) 

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to 
be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days 
and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when 
the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of 
God, command that these stones be made bread. But he 
answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth 
of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city 
and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto 
him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is 
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: 
and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time 
thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It 
is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high moun- 
tain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the 
glory of them ; and saith unto him, All these things will I 
give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith 
Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt 
thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels 
came and ministered unto him. 

The Epistle, 2 Cor. vi. 1-10. (Eph. vi. 10-20.) 

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also 
that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, 
I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of sal- 
vation have I succoured thee : behold, now is the accepted 
time ; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offence 
in anything, that the ministry be not blamed: but in all 
things approving ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much 
7 



SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 



patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, 
in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in •patchings, in 
fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by 
kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word 
of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteous- 
ness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dis- 
honour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet 
true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, be* 
hold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet 
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having 
nothing, and yet possessing all things. 

The Collect. 

We beseech Thee, Lord, by the mystery of our 
Saviour's fasting and temptation, to arm us with the 
same mind that was in Him toward all evil and sin; 
and give us grace to keep our bodies in such holy 
discipline, that our minds may be always ready to 
resist Satan, and obey the motions of Thy Holy Spi- 
rit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Second Sunday in Lent— Eeminiscere. 

The Gospel, St. Matt. xv. 21-28. (St. LnJce xi. 29-36.) 

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of 
Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out 
of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy 
on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously 
vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And 
his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; 
for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not 
sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then 
came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But 
he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's 



SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 



75 



bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord : 
} T et the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' 
table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, woman, 
great is thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And 
her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 

TJie Epistle, 1 Thess. iv. 1-8. (Heb. ii. 1-4.) 

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort 
you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how 
ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound 
more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave 
you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even 
your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 
that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel 
in sanctification and honour ; not in the lust of concupiscence, 
even as the Gentiles which know not God: that no man go 
beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that 
the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have fore- 
warned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto 
uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, 
despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his 
Holy Spirit. 



The Collect. 

Almighty God, who seest the helpless misery of 
our fallen life; vouchsafe unto us, we humbly beseech 
Thee, both the outward and inward defence of Thy 
guardian care; that we may be shielded from the 
evils which assault the body, and be kept pure from 
all thoughts that harm and pollute the soul; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



76 



THIED SUNDAY IN LENT. 



Third Sunday in Lent— Oculi, 

The Gospel, St. Luke xi. 14-28. (St. Matt. xii. 22-32.) 
^jid he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And 
it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; 
and the people wondered. But some of them said, He cast- 
eth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every king- 
dom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a 
house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be di- 
vided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because 
ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if I 
by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast 
them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I 
with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom 
of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keep- 
eth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger 
than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh 
from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his 
spoils. He that is not with me is against me: and he that 
gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit 
is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking 
rest ; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house 
whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it 
swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him 
seven other spirits more wicked than himself ; and they enter 
in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse 
than the first. And it came to pass, as he spake these things, 
a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said 
unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps 
which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed 
are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 



FOURTH SJNDAY IN LENT. 



77 



The Epistle, Eph. v. 1-9. (Heb. x. 26-31.) 

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and 
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given 
himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet- 
smelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or 
covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becom- 
eth saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, 
which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For 
this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor 
covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in 
the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you 
with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath 
of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye there- 
fore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, 
but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteous- 
ness and truth. 

The Collect. 

Almighty God, who hast been the hope and con- 
fidence of Thy people in all ages ; mercifully regard, 
we beseech Thee, the prayer with which we cry unto 
Thee out of the depths, and stretch forth the right 
hand of Thy majesty for our salvation and defence ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Fourth Sunday in Lent .— Laetare 

The Gospel, St. John vi. 1-14. (St. John vi. 47-59.) 
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, 
which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed 
him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that 
were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and 

7* 



78 



FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



there lie sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of 
the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, 
and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto 
Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 
And this he said to prove him : for he himself knew what he 
would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth 
of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them 
may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Pe- 
ter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath 
five barley loaves, and two small fishes : but what are they 
among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. 
Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat 
down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the 
loaves ; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the 
disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and 
likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they 
were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the frag- 
ments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they 
gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the 
fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they 
had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth 
that Prophet that should come into the world. 

The Epistle, Gal iv. 21-31. (1 John v. 11-21.) 

Tell me, ye that desire to be uncier the law, do ye not hear 
the law? For it is written, that Abraham' had two sons, the 
one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman. But he who 
was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh ; but he of 
the free woman was by promise. Which things are an alle- 
gory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the 
mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to 
Jerusalem, which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of 
us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bear est 



FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



79 



not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the 
desolate hath many more children than she which hath an 
husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children 
of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh 
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is 
now. Nevertheless what saith the Scripture? Cast out the 
bondwoman and her son : for the son of the bondwoman shall 
not be heir with the son of the free woman. So then, breth- 
ren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. 

The Collect. 

Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering 
and abundant in goodness and truth; enter not into 
judgment with Thy servants, we beseech Thee, but 
be pleased of Thy great kindness to grant, that we 
who are now righteously afflicted and bowed down 
by the sense of our sins, may be refreshed and lifted 
up with the joy of Thy salvation; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Fifth Sunday in Lent— Judica, 

The Gospel, St. John viii. 46-59. (St. John xii. 20-32. ) 

Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the 
truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth 
God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not 
of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say 
we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, 
and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own glory : 
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast 
a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou say- 



80 



FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT.. 



est, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? 
and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Je- 
sus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing : it 
is my Father that honoureth me ; of whom ye say that he is 
your God : yet ye have not known him ; but I know him : 
and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like 
unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your 
father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and 
was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet 
fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham 
was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him : but 
Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through 
the midst of them, and so passed by. 

The Epistle, Heb. ix. 11-15. (2 Cor. v. 14-21.) 
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to 
come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made 
with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by 
the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he en- 
tered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal 
redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, 
and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth 
to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself with- 
out spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works 
to serve the living God ? And for this cause he is the medi- 
ator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the 
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first 
testament, they which are called might receive the promise 
of eternal inheritance. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and most merciful God. who hast given 
Thy Son to die for our sins, and to obtain forgive- 



SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



81 



ness and redemption for us through His own blood ; 
let the merit of this spotless sacrifice, we beseech 
Thee, purge our consciences from dead works, that 
we may serve Thee, the living God, and receive the 
promise of eternal inheritance in Christ Jesus our 
Lord : to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Sixth Sunday in Lent— Palm Sunday— Palmarum, 

[During the Holy Week, there should be Divine Service every day; 
in which case, the entire gospel history of Christ's Passion and Death 
should be read.] 



The Gospel, St. John xii. 1-16. {St. Luke xix. 28-46.) 

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, 
where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised 
from the dead. There they made him a supper ; and Martha 
served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table 
with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spike- 
nard, very costly, and' anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped 
his feet with her hair : and the house was filled with the odour 
of the ointment. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Is- 
cariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not 
this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the 
poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor ; but be- 
cause he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put 
therein. Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day 
of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye 
have with you; but me ye have not always. Much people 
of the Jews therefore knew that he was there : and they came 
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus 
also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests 
consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death ; because 
F 



82 



SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed 
on Jesus. On the next day much people that were come to 
the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusa- 
lem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet 
him, and cried, Hosanna : Blessed is the King of Israel that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had 
found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, 
daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an 
ass's colt. These things understood not his disciples at the 
first : but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they 
that these things were Written of him, and that they had done 
these things unto him. 

The Epistle, Phil. ii. 5-10. {Rev. i. 4-8.) 

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God : but made himself of no reputation, and took 
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled 
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and 
given him a name which is above every name: that at the 
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under the earth. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, whose Son, our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, for an example of humility to 
the world, took upon Him our flesh and endured the 
passion of the cross; mercifully grant, we beseech 
Thee, that we may be counted worthy to have part, 
both in the fellowship of His sufferings and in the 
glorious power of His resurrection: to whom, with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



83 



Good Friday, 



The Gospel, St. John six. 1-37. {St. Matt, xxvii. 33-54.) 

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And 
the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, 
and they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of 
the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate 
therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I 
bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault 
in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold 
the man ! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw 
him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate 
saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no 
fault in him. The Jews answered him, we have a law, and 
by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son 
of God. "When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was 
the more afraid; and went again into the judgment hall, and 
saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no 
answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto 
me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and 
have power to release thee ? Jesus answered, Thou couldest 
have no power at all against me, except it were given thee 
from above : therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath 
the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to re- 
lease him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this 
man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh him- 
self a king speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate therefore 
heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in 
the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but 
in the Hebrew, Grabbatha. And it was the preparation of 
the passover, and about the sixth hour : and he saith unto the 
Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with 



84 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, 
Shall I crucify your King ? The chief priests answered, We 
have no king but Csesar. Then delivered he him therefore 
unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led 
him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place 
called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew 
Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with 
him, on either side one, and J esus in the midst. And Pilate 
wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, 
JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
This title then read many of the Jews : for the place where 
Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written 
in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief 
priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, the King of the 
Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate 
answered, What I have written I have written. Then the 
soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, 
and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his 
coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us 
not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the Scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These 
things therefore the soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross 
of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of 
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw 
his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he 
saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! Then saith 
he to the disciple, Behold thy mother ! And from that hour 
that disciple took her unto his own home. After this, Jesus 
knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the 
Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was 
set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with 
vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It 
is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



85 



The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the 
bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, 
(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken 
away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the 
first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But 
when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, 
they brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and 
water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is 
true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might be- 
lieve. For these things were done, that the scripture should 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again 
another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they 
pierced. 

The Epistle, Heb. x. 1-25 {Isaiah liii.) 

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and 
not the very image of the things, can never with those sacri- 
fices, which they offered year by year continually, make the 
comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once 
purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But 
in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins 
every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and 
of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh 
into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest 
not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings 
and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said 
I, Lo, I come (in the volume of ths book it is written of me,) 
to do thy will, God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and 
offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest 
not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the 
law; then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, God. He 
taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By 
the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body 



86 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily 
ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which 
can never take away sins : but this man, after he had offered 
one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of 
God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his 
footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever 
them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a 
witness to us : for after that he had said before, This is the 
covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith 
the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their 
minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I 
remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there 
is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, 
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a 
new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, 
through the vail, that is to say, his flesh; and having an 
high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a 
true heart and full assurance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed 
with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our 
faith without wavering ; (for he is faithful that promised ;) and 
let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good 
works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, 
as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another : and so 
much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 



The Collect. 
righteous and holy God, who has manifested 
toward us Thine unfathomable love, in not sparing 
Thine own Son, but delivering Him up for us all; by 
the memory of His bitter death, by the awful mystery 
of His sorrows in the garden and upon the cross, we 
humbly beseech Thee to have mercy upon us and 
upon all men, and to make known Thy saving health 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



87 



among the nations, that He may see the travail of 
His soul and be satisfied: to whom with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. 
Amen. 

The Festival Prayer. 
Lord Jesus Christ ! Thou holy and spotless Lamb 
of God, who didst take upon Thyself the curse of sin 
which was due to us, with all the heavenly host of 
the redeemed, we unite in ascribing unto Thee power, 
and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, 
and glory, and blessing. We bless Thee for all the 
burdens Thou hast borne, for all the tears Thou hast 
wept, for all the pains Thou hast suffered, for every 
drop of blood Thou hast shed, for every word of com- 
fort Thou hast spoken on the cross, for every conflict 
with the powers of darkness, and for Thine eternal 
victory over the terrors of death and the pains of hell. 
Amen. 

most merciful Father, who of Thy tender com- 
passion towards us guilty sinners, didst give Thine 
only-begotten Son to be an offering for our sins, grant 
us grace, we humbly beseech Thee, that, being en- 
grafted into Him by Thy Spirit and made partakers 
of His sufferings and His death, we may crucify the 
corrupt inclinations of the flesh, die daily unto the 
world, and lead holy and unblamable lives. Cleaving 
unto His cross in all the temptations of life, may we 
hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, 
and finally attain unto the resurrection of the dead, 
through the merits of this same once crucified, but 
now risen and exalted Saviour. Amen. 



88 



EASTER EYE. 



Easter Eve, 

The Gospel, St. Matt, xxvii. 57-66. 
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Ari- 
mathsea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 
he went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pi- 
late commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph 
had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in 
the rock : and he rolled a great stone to the door of the se- 
pulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, 
and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. Now 
the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the 
chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, 
Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet 
alive, After three days I will rise again. Command there- 
fore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest 
his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto 
the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall 
be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a 
watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they 
went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and 
setting a watch. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. iii. 17-22. 

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for 
well-doing, than for evil-doing. For Christ also hath once 
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring 
us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by 
the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the 
spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when 
once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, 
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight 
souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even 
baptism doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the 



EASTER DAY. 



89 



filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward 
God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ : who is gone into 
heaven, and is on the right hand of God ; angels and authori- 
ties and powers being made subject unto him. 

The Collect. 

almighty God, who, by the descent of our Savi- 
our Jesus Christ into hades, and His rising again from 
the dead, hast given assurance that the spirits of 
those who sleep in Him do abide in joy and felicity; 
grant unto us, we beseech Thee, such steadfast faith 
and lively hope, that we may purify ourselves as He 
is pure; and that we, with Thy whole redeemed 
Church, may speedily attain unto the resurrection of 
the dead, when our mortal bodies shall put on im- 
mortality and incorruption, and we shall be changed 
into the likeness of His glorious body: who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 



Easter Day. 



The Gospel, St. John xx. 1-10. (St. Matt, xxviii. 1-10.) 

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, 
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone 
taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and 
cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus 
loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord, 
out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid 
him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, 
and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and 
the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the se- 



90 



EASTER DAY. 



pulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the 
linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon 
Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth 
the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, 
not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a 
place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which 
came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For 
as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again 
from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto 
their own home. 

The Epistle, Col. iii. 1-11. (1 Cor. xv. 1-20.) 

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which 
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also 
appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members 
which are upon the earth; fornication, un cleanness, inordi- 
nate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is 
idolatry : for which things' sake the wrath of God cometh 
on the children of disobedience : in the which ye also walked 
sometime when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off 
all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communi- 
cation out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing 
that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put 
on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the 
image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek 
nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scy- 
thian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 

The Collect. 
Almighty God, who through the resurrection of 
Thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ, hast overcome 
death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life ; 



EASTEE DAT. 



91 



assist and support in us, we beseech Thee, the aspira- 
tions of Thy heavenly grace, that dying unto sin al- 
ways, and living unto righteousness, we may at last 
triumph over death and the grave, in the full image 
of our risen Lord : to whom, with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. Amen 

The Festival I*rayer. 
Thou God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
we render Thee most humble and hearty thanks, 
that, when He had descended into the grave, Thou 
didst not suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption, nor 
leave His soul in hades, but didst show unto Him the 
path of life, and raise Him from the dead, and set 
Him at Thine own right hand in the heavenly places. 
Grant us grace, we beseech Thee, to apprehend with 
true faith the glorious mystery of our Saviour's re- 
surrection, and fill our hearts with joy and a lively 
hope, that amid all the sorrows, trials and tempta- 
tions of our mortal state, and in the hour of death, 
we may derive strength and comfort from this sure 
pledge, of an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled 
and that fadeth not away. Amen. 

Thou Prince of Life and First-Begotten of the 
dead, whom not having seen we love, breathe upon 
us that we may receive the Holy Ghost, to abide 
with us continually both as the seal of our adoption, 
and as an earnest of the promised possession. Give 
us power to walk in the Spirit that we may not fulfill 
the lusts of the flesh, but mortify our members which 
are upon the earth and purify ourselves even as Thou 



92 



MONDAY IN EASTER WEEK, 



art pure, so that at Thy second coming to judge the 
world in righteousness, we also may appear with 
Thee, having our vile bodies changed into the fashion 
of Thine own glorious body, according to the work- 
ing whereby Thou art able even to subdue all things 
unto Thyself: who art God over all, blessed forever. 
Amen. 



Monday in Easter Week. 

The Gospel, St. Luke xxiv. 13-35. (St. John xx. 11-18.) 

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village 
called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore 
furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which 
had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they com- 
muned together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and 
went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should 
not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of 
communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye 
walk, and are sad ? And the one of them, whose name was 
Cleopas, answering, said unto him, Art thou only a stranger 
in J erusalem, and hast not known the things which are come 
to pass there in these days? And he said unto them, What 
things ? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Na- 
zareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before 
God and all the people: and how the chief priests and our 
rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have cru- 
cified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should 
have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to-day is the third 
day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women 
also of our company made us astonished, which were early at 
the sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came, 
saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said 



MONDAY IN EASTER WEEK. 



93 



that lie was alive. And certain of them which were with us 
went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had 
said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, 
fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have 
spoken : Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and 
to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the 
prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the 
things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the 
village, whither they went: and he made as though he would 
have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide 
with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. 
And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, 
as he sat at meat with them, he took bread and blessed it, 
and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. And 
they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, 
while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to 
us the Scriptures ? And they rose up the same hour, and re- 
turned to J erusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, 
and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen in- 
deed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what 
things were done in the way, and how he was known of them 
in breaking of bread. 

The Epistle, Acts x. 34-43. (1 Cor. xv. 51-58.) 
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I per- 
ceive that God is no respecter of persons : but in every nation 
he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted 
with him. The word which God sent unto the children of 
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all :) 
that word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout 
all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which 
John preached ; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with 
the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, 
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was 
with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did 



94 



FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they 
slew and hanged on a tree: him God raised up. the third day, 
and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto wit- 
nesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and 
drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he com- 
manded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is 
he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick 
and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission 
of sins. 

The Collect. 

Almighty God, who from the tomb of our Lord 
Jesus Christ hast caused the light of Eternal Life to 
shine upon the world; be pleased, at this season of 
solemn joy, to shed abroad Thy love in our hearts by 
the Holy Ghost, and to inflame them with heavenly 
desires; that we may continually seek the things 
which are above, where Christ sitteth at Thy right 
hand, and so, abiding in purity of heart and mind, 
may at length attain unto Thine everlasting king- 
dom, there to dwell in the glorious light of Thy pre- 
sence, world without end; through the same Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



First Sunday after Easter— Quasimodogeniti, or 
Dominica in Albis. 



The Gospel, St. John xx. 19-31. (St. Luke xxiv. 36-47.) 
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the 
week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were as- 
sembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the 
midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when 



FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



95 



he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. 
Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then 
said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father 
hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said 
this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye 
the Holy Ghost : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted 
unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. 
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with 
them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said 
unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, 
Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put 
my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into 
his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his 
disciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Je- 
sus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, 
Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Beach hither 
thy fingers, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, 
and thrust it into my side : and be not faithless, but believing. 
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my 
God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen 
me, thou hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus 
in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this 
book : but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus 
is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might 
have life through his name. 



The Epistle, 1 John v. 4-12. (2 Tim. ii. 7-13.) 

# 

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world : and 
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? This is he that came by water 
and blood, even Jesus Christ ; not by water only, but by water 
and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because 
the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in 



96 



SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these 
three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, 
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree 
in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God 
is greater : for this is the witness of God which he hath testi- 
fied of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath 
the witness in himself : he that believeth not God hath made 
him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave 
of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to 
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the 
Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not 
life. 

The Collect. 
Almighty God, who hast brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, the glorious Prince of salvation, 
with everlasting victory over hell and the grave; 
grant unto us power, we beseech Thee, to rise with 
Him to newness of life, that we may overcome the 
world with the victory of faith, and have part at last 
in the resurrection of the just; through the merits 
of this same risen Saviour, who liveth and reigneth 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world 
without end. Amen. 



Second Sunday after Easter— Misericordias 
Domini, 



The Gospel, St. John x. 11-16. (St. John xxi. 15-19.) 
I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his life 
for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shep- 
herd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and 
scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an 



SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



97 



hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shep- 
herd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the 
Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I lay 
down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which 
are not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall 
hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. ii. 20-25. {Rev. vii. 13-17.) 

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, 
ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer 
for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For 
even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for 
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : 
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, 
when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he 
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth 
righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own bod;y 
on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto 
righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were 
as sheep going astray ; but are now returned unto the Shep- 
herd and Bishop of your souls. 

The Collect. 
God, who, of Thine abundant mercy, hast begot- 
ten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection 
of Jesus Christ from the dead ; let Thy great love 
constrain us, we beseech Thee, to rise up, forsake all, 
and follow Him; that as we have been redeemed by 
His blood, so we may walk also in the light of His 
holy example, and be joined to Him evermore as the 
Shepherd and Bishop of our souls : to whom, with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

9 G 



98 



THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



Third Sunday after Easter— Jubilate. 



The Gospel, St. John xvi. 16-22. (St. Matt. x. 16-20.) 

A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little 
while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then 
said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that 
he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and 
again, a little while, and ye shall see me : and, Because I go 
to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he 
saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now 
J esus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto 
them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A lit- 
tle while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, 
and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto you. That 
ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye 
shall- be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour 
is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she re-, 
membereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born 
into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I 
will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy 
no man taketh from you. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. ii. 11-19. (Acts iv. 8-20.) 

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, 
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having 
your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas 
they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good 
works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of 
visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for 
the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or 
unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the 
punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do 



FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



99 



well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye 
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and 
not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the 
servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. 
Fear God. Honour the king. Servants, be subject to your 
masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but 
also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for 
conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 

The Collect 
God of all truth and grace, who hast caused the 
Sun of Righteousness to arise upon a dark and be- 
nighted world, in bringing up Thy Holy One from 
the grave ; be pleased graciously so to illuminate the 
souls of Thy people with the beams of heavenly wis- 
dom, that they may continually walk in Thy light, 
and know both to avoid evil and to follow after that 
which is good; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Fourth Sunday after Easter— Cantate. 

The Epistle, St. John xvi. 5-15. (St. Matt. x. 24-33.) 
But now I go my way to him that sent me ; and none of 
you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have 
said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 
Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is expedient for you 
that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not 
come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe 
not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and 



100 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, 
but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit 
of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he 
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that 
shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He 
shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew 
it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: 
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it 
unto you. 

The Epistle, St. James i. 16-21. (1 Thess. ii. 9-13.) 

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and 
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the 
Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow 
of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to 
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man 
worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore la/ apart 
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive 
with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your 
souls* 

The Collect. 
God, the Father of lights, from whom cometh 
down every good and perfect gift, and who art Thy- 
self the only satisfying portion of the souls which 
Thou hast made; grant us grace, we beseech Thee, 
to raise our thoughts and affections from earth to 
heaven, and to breathe continually after Thy pre- 
sence; that so, in the midst of all worldly vanity 
and change, our hearts may surely there be fixed, 
where alone are to be found true joys and everlast- 
ing peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



101 



Fifth Sunday after Easter— Kogate. 



The Gospel, St. John xvi. 23-33. (St. Luke xi. 9-13.) 

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my 
name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing 
in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be 
full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but 
the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in 
proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that 
day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that 
I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself loveth 
you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came 
out from Grod. I came forth from the Father, and am come 
into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the 
Father. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou 
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that 
thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should 
ask thee: by this we believe that thou earnest forth from 
God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, 
the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, 
every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I 
am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things 
I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. 
In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer ; 
I have overcome the world. 

The Epistle, St. James i. 22-27. (1 Tim. ii. 1-6.) 

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiv- 
ing your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, 
and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural 
face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, 
and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But 

9* 



102 



ASCENSION DAY. 



whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth 
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man 
among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, 
but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is 
this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the world. 

The Collect. 

Vouchsafe unto us, Lord, the inspirations ot 
Thy salutary grace, and quicken us according to Thy 
word; that knowing what is right, and approving 
that which is good, we may, by patient continuance 
in well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immor- 
tality ; and so finally, having escaped the corruption 
that is in the world through lust, find an entrance 
ministered unto us abundantly into the everlasting 
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour J esus Christ : to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



Ascension Day. 



The Gospel, St. Marie xvi. 14-20. (St. Luke. xxiv. 49-53.) 

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, 
and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of 
heart, because they believed not them which had seen him 
after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all 
the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that 
believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth 
not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them 



ASCENSION DAY. 



103 



that believe : in my name shall they cast out devils ; they 
shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; 
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So 
then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received 
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And 
they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord work- 
ing with them, and confirming the word with signs follow- 
ing. Amen. 

The Epistle, Acts. i. 1-11. (Ephes. i. 15-23.) 

The former treatise have I made, Theophilus, of all that 
Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he 
was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had 
given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen : 
to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by 
many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and 
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 
and, being assembled together with them, commanded them 
that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 
For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall be bap- 
tized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When 
they therefore were come together, they asked of him, say- 
ing, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to 
Israel ? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know 
the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his 
own power. But ye s^all receive power, after that the Holy 
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unio me 
both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and 
unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had 
spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up ; and 
a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they 
looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two 
men stood by them in white apparel ; which also said, Ye men 
of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? this same 



104 



ASCENSION DAY. 



Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come 
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

The Collect. 
Almighty and everlasting God, who on this day 
didst glorify Thy Son Jesus, by receiving Him up into 
heaven, and setting Him at Thine own right hand, 
far above all principality, and power, and might, and 
dominion, and every name that is named, not only 
in this world, but also in that which is to come ; work 
in us, we beseech Thee, such firm and abiding faith 
in this mystery as may raise us in heart and mind 
above all things here below, to dwell with Christ in 
heavenly places, and to possess in Him our true life; 
so that when He shall appear again, according to His 
word, we also may appear with Him in glory ever- 
lasting: to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
be all worship and praise, world without end. Amen. 

The Festival Prayer. 

Lord Jesus Christ, Thou conqueror of death and 
hell, who from the depths of Thy humiliation didst 
pass into the heavens, and art crowned with glory 
and honor as King of saints and eternal High Priest 
over the house of God; let Thy all-powerful interces- 
sions prevail on our behalf, that, being delivered from 
the curse of sin, we may receive grace and strength 
to follow Thee with patient endurance through the 
sorrows and pains of earth and the darkness of the 
grave, and, having thus shared in Thy sufferings here, 
become partakers also of Thy joy and glory in the 
everlasting kingdom of the Father. Amen. 



SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY. 105 



Sunday after Ascension Day— Ezaudi. 



The Gospel, St. Johnny. 26— xvi. 1. {St. John™.. 33-39.) 

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto 
you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
eth from the Father, he shall testify of me : and ye also shall 
bear witness, because ye have been with me from the begin- 
ning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should 
not be offended. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. iv. 7-11. {Acts xix. 1-7.) 

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, 
and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent 
charity among yourselves : for charity shall cover the multi- 
tude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudg- 
ing. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister 
the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold 
grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the 
oracles of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the 
ability which God giveth : that God in all things may be glo- 
rified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

The Collect, 
God, the King of glory, who through the resur- 
rection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, hast 
opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers ; leave 
us not orphans, we beseech Thee, in our weary mor- 
tal state, but send unto us the Holy Ghost, the Com- 
forter; who may guide us always in the way of truth 
and peace, and bring us in the end to those mansions 
of rest in which Christ now dwells and reigus : to 



106 



WHITSUNDAY PENTECOST. 



whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



Whitsunday— Pentecost. 



The Gospel, St. John xiv. 15-81. (Joel ii. 28-32.) 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray 
the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he 
may abide with you forever ; even the Spirit of truth ; whom 
the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither 
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, 
and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless : I will 
come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no 
more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At 
that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, 
and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 
myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how 
is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, 
he will keep my words : and my Father will love him, and we 
will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that 
loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings : and the word which 
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These 
things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 
untQ you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let 
not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have 
heard how I said- unto you, I go away, and come again unto 



WHITSUNDAY — PENTECOST. 



107 



you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go 
unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I. And now 
I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much 
with you : for the prince of this world cometh, and hath 
nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love 
the Father ; and as the Father gave me commandment, even 
so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 

The Epistle, Acts ii. 1-11. (Acts ii. 22-41.) 

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were 
all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came 
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled 
all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared 
unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each 
of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, de- 
vout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this 
was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were 
confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his 
own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, 
saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak 
Galileans ? and how hear we every man in our own tongue, 
wherein we were born ? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, 
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappa- 
docia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in 
Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers 
of Kome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do 
hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 

The Collect. 

God of all peace and consolation, who didst glo- 
riously fulfill the great promise of the Gospel, by send- 
ing down Thy Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, 



108 



WHITMONDAT. 



to establish the Church as the home of his continual 
presence and power among men ; mercifully grant 
unto us, we beseech Thee, this same gift of the Spirit, 
to renew, illuminate, refresh, and sanctify our dying 
souls, to be over us and around us like the light and 
dew of heaven, and to be in us evermore as a well of 
water springing up into everlasting life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with Thee, and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, be honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

The Festival JPrai/er. 

Holt Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son, 
who by Thy quickening energy hast raised us up to a 
new life in Christ Jesus, and dost in mercy to our in- 
firmities condescend to dwell in our mortal bodies as 
Thy consecrated temples; bring forth in our hearts 
and lives, we beseech Thee, the fruits of love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, faith, meekness and 
temperance; that so walking in Thee with all holy 
obedience we may stand firm in the knowledge and 
love of the truth against the wiles of the Devil, over- 
come the world, and be glorified in the fellowship of 
the Father and the Son : to whom with Thee who art 
coequal and coeternal God, we ascribe all honor, 
thanksgiving and praise. Amen. 



Whitmonday, 

The Gospel, St. Johniil. 16-21. (St. Johnir. 13-24.) 
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 



WHITMOXDAY. 



109 



have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the 
world to condemn the world ; but that the world through him 
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : 
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath 
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkoess rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth 
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be 
reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that 
his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 

T7ie Epistle, Acts x. 34-48. 

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive 
that God is no respecter of persons : but in every nation he 
that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with 
him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, 
preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) that 
word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all 
Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John 
preached ; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the 
Holy Ghost and with power : who went about doing good and 
healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with 
him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both 
in the land of the J ews, and in J erusalem ; whom they slew 
and hanged on a tree : him God raised up the third day, and 
shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses 
chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with 
him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. To him 
give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever 
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter 
yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which 
heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed 

10 



110 



TRINITY SUNDAY. 



were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that 
on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and mag- 
nify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, which have received the 
Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be 
baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to 
tarry certain days. 

The Collect. 

Most glorious and blessed God, who through the 
Holy Ghost, hast made Thy One Catholic Church to 
be the Body of Christ, the fulness of Him that filleth 
all in all; we humbly beseech Thee to grant unto us, 
and to all Thy people, such strong and steadfast 
faith in this great mystery of grace, that being safe- 
ly defended from all heresy and schism, we may ever 
abide in the unity of the Spirit, and so grow up into 
Him in all things which is the Head, even Christ : to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
be all honor and praise, world without end. Amen. 



Trinity Sunday, 



The Gospel, St. John iii. 1-15. (St. Matt, xxviii, 18-20.) 

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a 
ruler of the J ews : the same came to Jesus by night, and said 
unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from 
God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, ex- 
cept God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, 
he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto 
him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter 



TRINITY SUNDAY. 



Ill 



the second time into his mother's womb, and De born? Jesus 
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be 
born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
dom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and 
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I 
said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth 
where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every 
one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said 
unto him, How can these things be ? J esus answered and said 
unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these 
things ? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we 
do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not 
our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye be- 
lieve not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? 
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so 
must the Son of man be lifted up : that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

Hie Epistle, Rev. iv. 1-11. (1 John v. 1-12.) 

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in hea- 
ven : and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a 
trumpet talking with me ; which said, Come up hither, and I 
will show thee things which must be hereafter. And imme- 
diately I was in the Spirit : and, behold, a throne was set in 
heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to 
look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a 
rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 
'And round about the throne were four and twenty seats : 
and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, 
clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns 
of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and 
thunderings and voices : and there were seven lamps of fire 
burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. 



112 



FIEST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto 
crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the 
throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And 
the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a 
calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth 
beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each 
of them six wings about him ; and they were full of eyes with- 
in: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, 
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come 
And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to 
him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the 
four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the 
throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and 
cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, 
Lord, to receive glory and honor and power : for thou hast 
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were 
created. 

The Collect. 
God, the Creator and Saviour of the world, who 
hast made Thyself known in the work of man's re- 
demption, as the Mystery of the ever adorable Trin- 
ity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Three in One and 
One in Three ; reveal in us, we beseech Thee, the 
full power of this faith, into which we have been 
planted by baptism ; that being born of water and of 
the Spirit, we may by a life of holiness be formed 
into Thine image here, and rise to Thy blissful pre- 
sence hereafter: there to join, with the song of 
the seraphim in praising Thee, world without end. 
Amen. 

Note. — Instead of a Festival Prayer on Trinity Sunday, the Te Deurn shall be 
chanted, or else recited antiphonally, as a substitute for the Psalm or Hymn im- 
mediately before the sermon. 

But if the Holy Communion be celebrated on Trinity Sunday, or on a Sunday 
after Trinity and before Advent, such use of the Te Deuin immediately before the 
Sermon shall be omitted. 



FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 113 



First Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xvi. 19-31. (St. Matt. xvi. 13-20.) 

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple 
and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was 
a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full 
of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from 
the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 
And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the 
angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was 
buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and 
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried 
and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Laza- 
rus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my 
tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, 
Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comfort- 
ed, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and 
you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass 
from hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass to us that would 
come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, 
that thou wouldest send him to my father's house : for I have five 
brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come 
into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have 
Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, 
father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they 
will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and 
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose 
from the dead. 

The Epistle, 1 John iv. 7-21. (Eph. ii. 19-22.) 
Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of God ; and every 
one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth 
not, knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested 
the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only be- 
H 10* 



114 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



gotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, 
if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No 
man hath seen God at any time. If we love one" another, God 
dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know 
we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given 
us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify, that the 
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whoso- 
ever shall confess that J esus is the Son of God, God dwelleth 
in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the 
love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth 
in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love 
made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judg- 
ment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no 
fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear 
hath torment. He that feareth, is not made perfect in love. 
We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth 
not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from him, 
That he who loveth God love his brother also. 

The Collect. 
God, the strength of all them that put their trust 
in Thee, who hast not appointed us unto wrath, but 
to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ; because 
through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do 
no good thing without Thee, we beseech Thee to grant 
us the help of Thy grace, and to breathe into us that 
divine charity which is the fulfilling of the law; that 
in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee 
both in will and deed, and be counted worthy, after 
the sufferings of this life, to reign with Christ in hea- 
ven: to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, 115 



Second Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xiv. 16-24. (St. Matt, xviii. 11-20.) 

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, 
and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say 
to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. 
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I 
must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go 
to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. And another 
said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So 
that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then 
the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go 
out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring 
in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, 
and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, go 
out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, 
that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none 
of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 

The Epistle, 1 John iii. 13-24. (Eph. iv. 4-16.) 

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We 
know that we have passed from death unto life, because 
we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a mur- 
derer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, be- 
cause he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this 
world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the 



116 



THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



love of God in him? My little children, let us not love 
in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth, 
and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall 
assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn 
us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we con- 
fidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive 
of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those 
things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his com- 
mandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son 
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us command- 
ment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth 
in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he 
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

The Collect. 
Almighty and everlasting God, the source of all 
life and joy, who, by the glad sound of the gospel, 
hast called us to have part in Thy kingdom and 
glory; shine powerfully into our hearts, we beseech 
Thee, by Thy word and Spirit, and draw us with 
the cords of Thy constraining grace; that we may 
heartily choose that good part which shall not be 
taken away from us, and give all diligence to make 
our calling and election sure; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



Third Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xv. 1-10. (St. John xv. 1-14.) 

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners 
for to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, 
saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 



THIRD SUXDAT AFTER TRINITY. 



117 



And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of 
you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth 
not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after 
that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found 
it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he 
cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neigh- 
bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found 
my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy 
shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. 
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose 
one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and 
seek diligently till she find it ? And when she hath found 
it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, say- 
ing, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I 
had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the 
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that re- 
penteth. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. y. 5-11. (1 Cor. sii. 12-27.) 

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. 
Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed 
with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth 
grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under 
the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time : 
casting all your care upon him ) for he careth for you. Be 
sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 
whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same 
afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in 
the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us 
unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have 
suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, set- 
tle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



118 



FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



The Collect. 
God, the Lord, strong to deliver and mighty to 
save, who hast been the refuge and dwelling-place of 
Thy people in all generations ; perfect and fulfill in 
us, we beseech Thee, the work of Thy converting 
grace, and be pleased to confirm us in every good 
purpose and deed; that having been called into the 
way of righteousness, we may have power to continue 
steadfastly in the same until the day of Jesus Christ: 
to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and praise, world without end. Amen. 



Fourth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke vi. 36-42. {St. John iii. 1-8.) 

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye 
shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : 
give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed 
down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give 
into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete 
withal it shall be measured to you again. And he spake a 
parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they 
not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his 
master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me 
pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself 
beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou 
hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and 
then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye. 



FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 119 



The Epistle, Rom. Tiii. 18-23. {Gal. iii. 26-29.) 

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are 
not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be re- 
vealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature 
waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the 
creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by 
reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because 
the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of 
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth 
in pain together until now. And not only they, but our- 
selves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we 
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to 
wit, the redemption of our body. 

The Collect. 

God, whose favor is life, and in whose presence 
there is fulness of peace and joy ; vouchsafe unto us, 
we beseech Thee, such an abiding sense of the reality 
and glory of those things which Thou hast prepared 
for them that love Thee, as may serve to raise us 
above the vanity of this present world, both in its 
pleasures and in its necessary trials and pains ; so 
that under Thy guidance and help all things here 
shall work together for our everlasting salvation; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Fifth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke v. 1-11. (St. Mnvi. 47-59.) 

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him 
to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 



120 



FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



and saw two ships standing by the lake : but the fishermen 
were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And 
he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and 
prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the 
land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the 
ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, 
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a 
draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we 
have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : neverthe- 
less at thy word I will let down the net. And when they 
had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes : and 
their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, 
which were in the other ship, that they should come and help 
them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they 
began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at 
Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful 
man, Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with 
him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken : and 
so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which 
were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, 
Fear not ; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when 
they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and 
followed him. 

The Epistle, 1 Pet. iii. 8-15. (Acts ii. 41-47.) 
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of 
another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous : not ren- 
dering evil for evil, or railing for railing : but contrariwise 
blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see 
good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile : let him eschew evil, and do good ; 
let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord 
are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do 
evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers 



SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 121 



of that which is good ? But and if ye suffer for righteous- 
ness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, 
neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord- God in your 
hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man 
that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with 
meekness and fear. 

The Collect. 

Cause Thy Church to arise and shine, Lord, and 
let her ministers be clothed with righteousness and 
salvation; that Thy word which is in their hands 
may not return unto Thee void, but have free course 
and be glorified in the world; prospering in the 
thing where unto Thou hast sent it, and prevailing 
mightily to turn men from darkness to light, and 
from the power of Satan unto God, that they may re- 
ceive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them 
which are sanctified by faith that is in Christ: to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 



The Gospel, St, Matt. v. 20-26. (St Matt. xi. 25-30.) 

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall 
exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have 
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not 
kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judg- 
ment : but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his 
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: 
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in 
11 



122 



SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, 
shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy 
gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother 
hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, 
and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then 
come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, 
while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the ad- 
versary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee 
to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say 
unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou 
hast paid the uttermost farthing. 

The Epistle, Rom. vi. 3-11. {Rom. iii. 19-28.) 

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into 
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we 
are buried with him by baptism into death : that like as Christ 
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even 
so we also, should walk in newness of life. For if we have 
been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be 
also in the likeness of his resurrection : knowing this, that 
our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might 
be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For 
he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with 
Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing 
that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death 
hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he 
died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto 
sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, through whose 
mercy we are saved by the washing of regeneration 
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; let this grace reign 
in us, we beseech Thee, as the power of a new hea- 



SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



123 



verily life; whereby denying ungodliness and worldly 
lusts, we may live soberly, righteously, and godly, in 
this present world ; looking for the glorious appearing 
of our Saviour J esus Christ, who gave Himself for us, 
that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify 
unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works : 
to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Mark viii. 1-9. (St. Luke xv. 11-32.) 

In those days the multitude being very great, and having 
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith 
unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they 
have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : 
and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they 
will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man 
satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness ? And 
he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, 
Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the 
ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and 
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they 
did set them before the people. And they had a few small 
fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also be- 
fore them. So they did eat, and were filled : and they took 
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And 
they that had eaten were about four thousand : and he sent 
them away. 

The Epistle, Horn. vi. 19-23. (Acts ix. 1-9.) 

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity 



124 EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants 
to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now 
yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 
Tor when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from 
righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things 
whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is 
death. But now being made free from sin, and become ser- 
vants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end 
everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift 
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

The Collect. 

Almighty God, the Former of our bodies and Fa- 
ther of our spirits, in whom we live, move and have 
our being ; shed abroad Thy love in our hearts, we 
beseech Thee, and cause the comfort of Thy heavenly 
grace to abound in us, as the earnest and pledge of 
joys to come ; that casting away all anxious thought 
for the transitory things of this world, we may seek 
first Thy kingdom and righteousness, and labor only 
for that meat which endure th unto everlasting life; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Eighth Sunday after Trinity. 



TJie Gospel, St. Matt. vii. 15-21. (St. Luke xviii. 9-14.) 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's 
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall 
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 
A good tree cannot brirjg forth evil fruit, neither can a cor- 



EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 125 



rupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every 
one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

The Epistle, Rom. viii. 12-17. [Phil. iii. 3-11.) 

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live 
after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die : 
but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, 
ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the 
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the 
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The 
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 
children of God: and if children, then heirs: heirs of God, 
and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, 
that we may be also glorified together. 

The Collect, 
God, who hast given unto us exceeding great 
and precious promises, that by them we might be 
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the 
corruption that is in the world through lust ; enable 
us, we beseech Thee, with all diligence to add to our 
faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godli- 
ness, brotherly kindness and charity; that, these 
things being in us, and abounding, we may neither 
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our 
Lord Jesus Christ : to whom, with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end, 
Amen. 



126 



NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



Ninth Sunday after Trinity- 



The Gospel, St. Luke xvi. 1-9. (St. Matt. viii. 5-13.) 

And lie said also unto his disciples, There was a certain 
rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused 
unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, 
and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? give 
an account of thy stewardship ; for thou may est be no longer 
steward. Then the steward said within himself, What shall I 
do ? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship : I can- 
not dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, 
that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive 
me into their houses. So he called every one of his 
lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much 
owest thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred mea- 
sures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit 
down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, 
And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred 
measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, 
and Write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust 
steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this 
world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mam- 
mon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive 
you into everlasting habitations. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. x. 1-13. (1 Pet. i. 3-9.) 

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be igno- 
rant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all 
passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in 
the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual 
meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they 
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them : and that 



NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



127 



Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well 
pleased: for the y were overthrown in the wilderness. Now 
these things were our examples, to the intent we should 
not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye 
idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people 
sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let 
us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell 
in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt 
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of 
serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also mur- 
mured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these 
things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are 
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world 
are come. Wherefore let him that think eth he standeth take 
heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but 
such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not 
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will 
with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may 
be able to bear it. 

TJie Collect. 
Lord God, our Sun, by whom light is sown for 
the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart; 
illuminate our minds, we beseech Thee, by Thy hea- 
venly grace, and fill them with the pure wisdom 
which cometh from above ; that we may walk before 
Thee in simplicity and godly sincerity all our days, 
not taking counsel of the world or of the flesh, but 
aiming and endeavoring in all things only to know 
and do Thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



128 TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



Tenth Sunday after Trinity, 



The Gospel, St. Luke xix. 41-47. (St. Matt. xvii. 14-21.) 
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept 
over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in 
this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but 
now they are hid from thine eyes. For the day shall come 
upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and 
shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within 
thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; 
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And 
he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold 
therein, and them that bought ; saying unto them, It is writ- 
ten, My house is a house of prayer : but ye have made it a 
den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. But 
the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people 
sought to destroy him. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. xii. 1-11. (Heb. xi. 32— xii. 2.) 

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not 
have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried 
away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Where- 
fore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the 
Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can 
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now 
there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there 
are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And 
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God 
which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given 
by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of 
knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same 



ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 129 



Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 
to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; 
to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds 
of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues; but 
all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing 
to every man severally as he will. 

The Collect. 
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hast called us to renounce and forsake the world, in 
the service of our once crucified but now risen and 
gloriously exalted Saviour; be pleased, we beseech 
Thee, graciously so to unite our souls to Him by holy 
sympathy and love, that we may offer ourselves, in 
fellowship with His cross, a willing sacrifice to Thee 
on the altar of the gospel, and count it all joy to suffer 
for his name: who liveth and reigneth, with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 



Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. 

The Gospel, St. Luke xviii. 9-14. (St. Luke xii. 32-40.) 

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in 
themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : two 
men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, 
and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed 
thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other 
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this 
publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that 
I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not 
lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his 
breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, 
this man went down to his house justified rather than the 

I 



130 ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; 
and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. xv. 1-11. {Rom. viii. 16-26.) 
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I 
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and where- 
in ye stand ; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory 
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also re- 
ceived, how that Christ died for our sins according to the 
Scriptures ; and that he was buried, and that he rose again 
the third day according to the Scriptures: and that he was 
seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of 
above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater 
part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 
After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the apostles. 
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of 
due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not 
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church 
of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his 
grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain ; but I 
laboured more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the 
grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were 
I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 

The Collect. 

God, the High and Holy One, who inhabitest 
eternity, and dwellest with him also who is of a con- 
trite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the 
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones ; 
glorify Thy grace, we beseech Thee, in the midst of 
our manifold infirmities and sins, and through all 
temptation hold us up by Thy mighty hand; that 
the trial of our faith, being much more precious than 
of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, may 



TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TKLNTTY. 131 



be found unto praise, and honor, and glory, at the ap- 
pearing of Jesus Christ: to whom, with Thee and 
the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 



Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, 



TJie Gospel, St. Mark vii. 31-37, (St. Matt. xxii. 34-40.) 
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, 
he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the 
coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was 
deaf, and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech 
him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from 
the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, 
and touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, 
and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And 
straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his 
tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them 
that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, 
so much the more a great deal they published it ; and were 
beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things 
well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to 
speak. 

The Epistle, 2 Cor. iii. 4-11. (Johti iv. 15-21.) 
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not 
that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of 
ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made 
us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but 
of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in 
stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not 
steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his 
countenance; which glory was to be done away: how shall 



132 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For 
if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more 
doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For 
even that which was made glorious had no glory in this re- 
spect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that 
which was done away was glorious, much more that which re- 
maineth is glorious. 

The Collect. 

God, who didst will Thine Only Begotten Son to 
learn obedience by the things which He suffered, that 
being thus made perfect He might become the Author 
of eternal salvation unto all that obey Him; work in 
us, we beseech Thee, such inward conformity with 
His holy patience, as may cause us to have part also 
in His glorious power; that so, walking not after the 
flesh but after the Spirit, we may be able to serve Thee 
all our days in newness of mind and life; through J esus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke x. 23-37. 
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, 
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see : for I tell 
you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those 
things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear 
those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And, 
behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, 
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? He said unto 
him, What is written in the law ? how readest thou ? And 
he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, 



THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 133 



and-with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And 
he said unto him, Thou hast answered right : this do, and 
thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto 
Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering 
said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, 
and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, 
and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: 
and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And 
likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked 
on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain 
Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was : and when 
he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, 
and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set 
him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took 
care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took 
out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, 
Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when 
I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, 
thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the 
thieves ? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then 
said J esus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 

The Epistle, Gal. iii. 16-22. (1 Cor. xiii. 1-13.) 

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. 
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And 
to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the cove- 
nant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, 
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot dis- 
annul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For 
if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: 
but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then 
serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, 
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; 
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 
I Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 

12 



134 FOUKTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: 
for if there had been a law given which could have given life, 
verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the 
Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by 
faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 

Hie Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, whose faithfulness 
reacheth unto the clouds, and whose mercy endureth 
for ever; be pleased to confirm and fulfil in us, we 
humbly beseech Thee, the covenant of Thy grace, 
made sure from the beginning of the world in Christ 
Jesus our Lord; that we may be found in Him, not 
having our own righteousness which is of the law, 
but that which is through the faith of Christ, even 
the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus 
Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xvii. 11-19. (St. Matt. v. 43-48.) 

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed 
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he en- 
tered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were 
lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, 
and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he 
saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the 
priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were 
cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, 
turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell 



FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 135 



down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was 
a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not 
ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found 
that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And 
he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made 
thee whole. 

The Epistle, Gal. v. 16-24. (Rom. xii. 14-21.) 
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil 
the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, 
and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one 
to the other : so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; 
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, 
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi- 
tions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, 
and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also 
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit 
is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance : against such there is no law. And 
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affec- 
tions and lusts. 

The Collect. 

God, who hast delivered us from the power of 
darkness and translated us into the kingdom of Thy 
dear Son, in whom we have redemption through His 
blood, even the forgiveness of sins; enable us by Thy 
grace, we earnestly beseech Thee, so to walk in the 
Spirit that we may not fulfil the lusts of the flesh; 
considering ourselves to be dead henceforth unto sin, 
but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord: 
to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 



136 



FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. vi. 24-34. (St. Matt. v. 13-20.) 

No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the 
one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and 
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what 
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, 
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and 
the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air : for 
they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; 
yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much 
better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add 
one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for 
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 
they toil not, neither do they spin : and yet I say unto 
you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass ot 
the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the 
oven, shall he not much more clothe you, ye of little 
faith ? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we 
eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed ? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) 
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 
Take therefore no thought for the morrow : for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto 
the day is the evil thereof. 

The Epistle, Gal. v. 25-vi-10. (James ii. 14-26.) 
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let 
us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, 
envying one another. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a 



SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 137 

fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit 
of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of 
Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when 
he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man 
prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in him- 
self alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his 
own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate 
unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; 
God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall 
he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the 
flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall 
of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary 
in well doing : for in due season we shall reap, if we faint 
not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto 
all men, especially unto them who are of the household of 
faith. 

The Collect. 

God, our Father in heaven, in whose presence 
there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand there 
are pleasures for evermore; mercifully fix our hearts 
on things above, and free them from all undue care 
and thought for the things of the present transitory 
world; that whilst we are here in the body, we may 
sow, not to the flesh, but to the Spirit, and in the end 
reap life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke. vii. 11-17. (St. Mark xii. 41-44.) 
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a 
city called Nain ; and many of his disciples went with him, 
and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of 

12* 



138 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only 
son of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people 
of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he 
had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And 
he came and touched the bier : and they that bare him stood 
still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And 
he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he 
delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all : 
and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen 
up among us ; and, That God hath visited his people. And 
this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and 
throughout all the region round about. 

The Epistle, Ejphes. iii. 13-21. (2 Cor. ix. 5-15.) 
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for 
you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees 
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole 
family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant 
you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened 
with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; that Christ may 
dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and 
grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints 
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 
and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that 
ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto 
him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that 
we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 
unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout 
all ages, world without end. Amen. 

The Collect. 

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of 
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
named ; we beseech Thee, according to the riches of 
Thy glory to strengthen us with might by Thy Spirit 



SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 139 



in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in our hearts 
by faith; so that, being rooted and grounded in love, 
we may be able to comprehend with all saints what 
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, 
and to know the love of Christ which passeth know- 
ledge: to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Luke xiv. 1-11. (St. Mark x. 35-45.) 

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of 
the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they 
watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before 
him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto 
the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the 
Sabbath day ? And they held their peace. And he took him, 
and healed him, and let him go ; and answered them, saying, 
Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, 
and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day ? 
And they could not answer him again to these things. And 
he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he 
marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto 
them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit 
not down in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man 
than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him 
come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin 
with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art 
bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he 
that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up 
higher : then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them 
that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself 
shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 



140 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



The Epistle, Eph. iv. 1-6. {Phil. ii. 1-5.) 
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye 
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all 
lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one 
another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit 
in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling ; one Lord, 
one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is 
above all, and through all, and in you all. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who didst send Thy 
Son into the world, not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many; dis- 
pose and assist us by Thy grace, most heartily we be- 
seech Thee, to follow the example of His great humi- 
lity and heavenly-minded love ; that with all lowli- 
ness and meekness, and patient continuance in good 
works, we may adorn the Gospel of God our Saviour, 
and possess in our souls that true peace which the 
world can neither give nor take away; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

The Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 34-46. (St. Luke ix. 18-26.) 
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the 
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one 
of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting 
him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in 
the law ? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And 



EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 141 

the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ ? whose 
son is he ? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith 
unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, 
saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then 
call him Lord, how is he his son ? And no man was able to 
answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day 
forth ask him any more questions. 

The Epistle, 1 Cor. i. 4-9. (2 Cor. iv. 8-18.) 

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of 
God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing 
ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all know- 
ledge ; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you : 
so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall also confirm you unto the 
end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the 
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

The Collect. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who hast 
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and god- 
liness through the glorious revelation of the Gospel; 
cause Thy word to dwell in us richly, we beseech 
Thee, and fill us with the knowledge of Thy will in 
•all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that we may 
walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the 
knowledge of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



142 NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

The Gospel, St. Matt. ix. 1-8. (St. Matt. v. 3-12.) 
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came 
into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a 
man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing 
their faith said unto the sick of the palsy ; Son, be of good 
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of 
the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye 
evil in your hearts ? For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins 
be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye 
may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to for- 
give sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take 
up thy bed, and go into thine house. And he arose, and de- 
parted to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they 
marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power 
unto men. 

The Epistle, Eph. iv. 17-32. (2 Peter i. 1-11.) 

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye 
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of 
their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alien- 
ated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of their heart : who being past 
feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to 
work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so 
learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have 
been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off 
concerning the former conversation the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with 
his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Be ye 
angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : 



TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 143 



neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no 
more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the 
thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that need- 
eth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it 
may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the 
Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and 
clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all 
malice: and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, for- 
giving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 

The Collect. 
Lord, our Maker and Redeemer, the Holy One 
of Israel, who hast stretched forth the heavens, and 
laid the foundations of the earth; be pleased gracious- 
ly to confirm and carry forward Thy glorious work of 
salvation in our hearts, causing old things to pass 
away and all things to become new; that looking al- 
ways above and beyond this world, we may have our 
conversation in heaven, from whence also we look for 
the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 



Twentieth Sunday after Trinityi 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 1-14. {St. Mark xiii. 32-37.) 

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by para- 
bles, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his 



144 TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and 
they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared 
my dinner : my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light 
of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his 
merchandise: and the remnant took his servants, and en- 
treated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king 
heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth his armies, 
and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but 
they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore 
into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the 
marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, 
and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad 
and good : and the wedding was furnished with guests. And 
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man 
which had not on a wedding garment : and he saith unto him, 
Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding gar- 
ment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the 
servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and 
cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. 

The Epistle, Eph. v. 15-21. (Reb. x. 32-39.) 
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as 
wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Where- 
fore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of 
the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; 
but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms 
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in 
your heart to the Lord ; giving thanks always for all things unto 
God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 



TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 145 

The Collect. 

God, the Father everlasting, whom the glorious 
hosts of heaven obey, and in whose presence patri- 
archs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, with all the spirits 
of the just made perfect, continually do live; fix the 
eye of our faith, we beseech Thee, with clear and full 
vision, on the great cloud of witnesses with which we 
are thus compassed about in the heavenly world; 
that laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth 
so easily beset us, we may run with patience the race 
that is set before us, and obtain at last the crown ol 
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 



Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. John iv. 46-54. (St. Luke xvi. 19-31.) 

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made 
the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose 
son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was 
come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and be- 
sought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for 
he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, 
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The 
nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way ; thy son liveth. And the 
man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and 
he went his way. And as he was now going down, his ser- 
vants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then 
inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. 
And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the 
13 . K 



146 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same 
hour in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and 
himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the seor 
ond miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea 
into Galilee. 

The Epistle, Ejph. vi. 10-20. {Rom. v. 12-21.) 
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the 
power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that 
ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For 
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principal- 
ities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this 
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Where- 
fore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be 
able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to 
stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with 
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and 
your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 
above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take 
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is 
the word of God : praying always with all prayer and sup- 
plication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all per- 
severance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that 
utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth 
boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which 
I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak 
boldly, as I ought to speak. 

The Collect. 
Almighty and most merciful God, whose name is a 
strong tower, into which the righteous runneth and is 
safe; lift up the standard of Thy Spirit, we beseech 
Thee, against the power of the enemy coming in upon 
us like a flood, and clothe us with the full armor of 



TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 147 



righteousness on the right hand and on the left; that 
we may be able to fight manfully the good fight of faith, 
and so finish our course with joy, in the great day 
when Christ, the righteous Judge, shall appear: who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, 



The Gospel, St. Matt, xviii. 21-35. (St. John xi. 19-27.) 

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? 
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times : 
but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom 
of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take ac- 
count of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, 
one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand ta- 
lents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord com- 
manded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all 
that he had, and payment to be made. The servant there- 
fore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have pa- 
tience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that 
servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and for- 
gave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and 
found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred 
pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow servant fell 
down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience 
with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not : but 
went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 
So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were 
very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was 
done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto 



148 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



him, thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, be- 
cause thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had 
compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee ? 
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, 
till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise 
shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. 

The Epistle, Phil. i. 3-11. (1 Cor. xv. 35-50.) 

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always 
in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 
for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 
being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun 
a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus 
Christ: even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, be- 
cause I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my 
bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye 
all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and 
more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may ap- 
prove things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and 
without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the 
fruits of righteousness, which are by J esus Christ, unto the 
glory and praise of God. 

The Collect. 

God, by whose wise and righteous order the whole 
creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until 
now, as having been made subject to vanity by reason 
of sin; graciously help the infirmities of Thy people, 
we humbly beseech Thee, and raise them up through 
the strong power of Christian hope; that we also, who 
have received the first fruits of the Spirit, may not 



TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 149 

seek our rest in this mortal state, but inwardly long 
after that which is far better, to be with Christ in 
heaven : to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 15-22. (St. Matt. xxv. 31-46.) 

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might 
entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their 
disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that 
thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither 
carest thou for any man : for thou regardest not the person 
of men. Tell us therefore, what thinkest thou ? Is it law- 
ful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived 
their wickedness, and said, why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? 
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a 
penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and 
superscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith 
he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which 
are Caesar's ; and unto God the things that are God's. When 
they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, 
and went their way. 

Tlie Epistle, Phil. iii. 17-21. (Rev. xx. 11-15.) 

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them 
which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many 
walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even 
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 
whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose 
glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things,) For our 
conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for 
the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our 



13* 



150 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 



vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious 
body, according to the working whereby he is able even 1>o 
subdue all things unto himself. 

The Collect. 

God, to whom both power and mercy belong, and 
who renderest to every man according to his work; 
give us grace, we beseech Thee, to set Thy presence 
before us in all our ways, and to seek continually 
those things which are well pleasing in Thy sight; 
that we may pass through the world as pilgrims and 
strangers, in all holy conversation and godliness, look- 
ing for and hastening unto the second advent of the 
Lord Jesus, when He shall come to be glorified in His 
saints, and admired in all them that believe : to whom, 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 



The Fourth Sunday b efore Advent. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. ix. 18 -26, (St. John v. 24-29.) 

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a 
certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is 
even now dead : but come and lay thy hand upon her, and 
she shall live. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so 
did his disciples. And, behold, a woman, which was dis- 
eased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, 
and touched the hem of his garment : for she said within herself, 
If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus 
turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, 
be of good comfort; thy faith hath made the whole. And 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 151 



the woman was made whole from that hour. And when Je- 
sus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and 
the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place : 
for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed 
him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went 
in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the 
fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 

The Epistle, Col. i. 9-14. {Rev. xxii. 1-21.) 

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not 
cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled 
with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual un- 
derstanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing 
in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, ac- 
cording to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suf- 
fering with joyfulness ; giving thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light : who hath delivered us from the power of dark- 
ness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son : 
in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the for- 
giveness of sins. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and most merciful God, who didst cause 
Thy Son to descend into the bosom of the grave, that 
lie might destroy him that had the power of death, 
and deliver them who through fear of death were all 
their lifetime subject to bondage; work in us, we be- 
seech Thee, such holy mortification to all the things 
of this world, and such lively apprehension of things 
unseen and eternal, as may prepare us to die without 
anxiety or dismay, knowing that if our earthly house 
of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building of 



152 



THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 



God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



The Third Sunday before Advent. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xxiv. 15-28. (St. John xiv. 1-4 ) 

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, 
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, 
(whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be 
in Judea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the 
house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house : 
neither let him which is in the field return back to take his 
clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them 
that give suck in those days ! But pray ye that your flight 
be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day : for then 
shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning 
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except 
those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved : 
but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then, 
if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or 
there ; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and 
false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; inso- 
much that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very 
elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they 
shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert ; go not forth : 
behold, he is in the secret chambers ; believe it not. For as 
the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto 
the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For 
wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered 
together. 

The Epistle, 1 Thess. iv. 13-18. (Rev. vii. 13-17.) 

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concern- 
ing them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others 



THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 153 

which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring 
with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, 
that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the 
Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord 
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice 
of the archangel, and with the trump of Grod : and the dead 
in Christ shall rise first : Then we which are alive and remain 
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet 
the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, the Fountain of all 
life and power, who hast promised to bring up again 
from the dead the bodies of them which sleep in Je- 
sus; gather not our souls with sinners, we beseech 
Thee, but make us to be numbered with Thy saints 
in glory everlasting; that having been joined with 
them in one communion here, we may also share here- 
after their joyful triumph, in the resurrection at 
the last day; through the same Jesus Christ, our 
risen and glorified Lord. Amen. 



The Second Sunday before Advent. 



The Gospel, St. Matt. xxv. 31-46. (St. Matt. xix. 27-30.) 

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the 
holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his 
glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he 
shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth 



154 THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 



his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his 
right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King 
say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foun- 
dation of the world: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me 
meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, 
and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, 
and ye visited me : I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw 
we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave 
thee drink ? when we saw thee a stranger, and took thee in ? 
or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in 
prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer 
and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye" 
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye 
have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on 
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting 
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an- 
hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : 
naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye 
visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, 
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a 
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minis- 
ter unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I 
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least 
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 



The Epistle, 2 Thess. i. 3-10. {Rev xxi. 1-8.) 

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as 
it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and 
the charity of every one of you all toward each other abound- 
eth; so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of 
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and 



THE SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 



155 



tribulations that ye endure : which is a manifest token of the 
righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy 
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : seeing it is 
a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them 
that trouble you ; and to you who are troubled rest with us, 
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his 
mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction 
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power; when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and 
to be admired in all them that believe, (because our testimony 
among you was believed) in that day. 

The Collect. 

God, who hast appointed a day in the which Thou 
wilt judge the world in righteousness, by that Man 
whom Thou hast ordained, giving assurance thereof 
unto all in that thou hast raised Him from the dead; 
grant unto us grace, we beseech Thee, to keep in 
mind always the power and coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to wait continually for His revelation from 
heaven; that having boldly confessed Him before 
men, we also may be openly acknowledged and con- 
fessed by Him when all flesh shall appear in His pre- 
sence: to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



The Sunday before Advent. 



TJie Gospel, St. Matt. xxv. 1-13. (St. John xvii. 20-26.) 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten vir- 
gins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the 



156 THE SUNDAY BEEORE ADVENT. 



bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were fool- 
ish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no 
oil with them : but the wise took oil in their vessels with their 
lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered 
and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, 
the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him. Then all 
those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the fool- 
ish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are 
gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; lest there 
be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that 
sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, 
the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with 
him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward 
came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know 
you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor 
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

Hie Epistle, 2 Pet. Hi. 3-14. [Rev. vii. 2-12.) 

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days 
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is 
the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, 
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the 
creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by 
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth 
standing out of the water, and in the water : whereby the 
world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 
but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same 
word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of 
judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be 
not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord 
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The 
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count 
slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any 
should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But 
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the 



THE SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT. 157 



which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and 
the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then 
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of per- 
sons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 
looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of God, 
wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, ac- 
cording to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing 
that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be 
found of him in peace, without spot and blameless. 

The Collect. 

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose word 
the heavens and the earth, which are now, are kept 
in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judg- 
ment and perdition of ungodly men; make us, we 
beseech Thee, to be such manner of persons in all 
holy conversation and godliness, as they ought to be 
who look for such things; that when this frame of 
nature shall be dissolved, we may be counted worthy 
to behold and enjoy, according to Thy promise, the 
new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness; through the merits and mediation of 
Thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 
1 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



PREPARATION FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

Having taken his place at the altar, the Congregation also standing 
up, the Minister shall say : 

The Lord is in His holy temple : let all the earth 
keep silence before Him. Amen. 

God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord 
thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, 
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the wa- 
ter under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself 
to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am 
a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon 
the children unto the third and fourth generation of 
them that hate Me; and shewing mercy unto thou- 
sands of them that love Me, and keep My command- 
ments. 
158 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



159 



Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh His name in vain. 

Eemember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the 
seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in 
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor 
thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, 
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy 
gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the 
seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath 
day, and hallowed it. 

Honor thy father and thy mother : that thy days 
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man- 
servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his 
ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. 

Congregation. Lord, have mercy upon us, and 
incline our hearts to keep all these laws. 

Minister. Hear also what our Lord J esus Christ 
saith : 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind 



160 



PREPARATION FOR 



This is the first and great commandment. And the 
second is like unto it : Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
as thyself. On these two commandments hang all 
the law and the prophets. 

M. Let us pray. 

Lord God, who didst at first deliver Thy com- 
mandments from the mount which burned with fire, 
amid blackness, and darkness, and tempest, at which 
terrible sight even Moses said, I exceedingly fear and 
quake: we thank Thee that this same law is now 
published unto us from mount Zion, through the Me- 
diator of a new and better covenant; and we humbly 
beseech Thee to put these words into our minds, and 
write them in our hearts, that we may delight in 
Thy law after the inward man, and serve Thee in 
newness of spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord ; who 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

Then all shall kneel, and join in the Litany as follows: 

M. God the Father in heaven; have mercy 
upon us. 

C* Have mercy upon us. 

M. God the Son, Kedeemer of the world; have 
mercy upon us. 

C» Have mercy upon us. 

31. God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the 
Father and the Son ; have mercy upon us. 
Cm Have mercy upon us. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



161 



M. holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
Persons and one God; have mercy upon us. 
C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the of- 
fences of our forefathers; neither take Thou ven- 
geance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare Thy 
people, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy most 
precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. 

C. Spare us, good Lord. 

M. From all evil and harm; from the power of 
sin, and the snares of the devil ; from Thy wrath, 
and from everlasting damnation ; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. From all blindness of heart ; from pride, vain- 
glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, and malice 
and all uncharitableness; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. From all impure lusts and desires ; and from 
all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil; 
C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

'M. From lightning, tempest, and earthquake ; from 
plague, pestilence, and famine ; from all disasters by 
land and by water; from battle and murder, and 
from sudden death; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

L 14* 



162 



PREPARATION FOR 



M. From tumult and riot; from sedition and re- 
bellion; from heresy and schism; from hardness of 
heart, and contempt of Thy word and authority; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

J\l . By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation ; by 
Thy holy nativity and circumcision; by Thy bap- 
tism, fasting, and temptation; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M, By Thine agony and bloody sweat; by Thy 
cross and passion ; by Thy precious death and burial ; 
by Thy glorious resurrection and ascension ; and by 
the coming of the Holy Ghost ; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

J£. In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of 
our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of 
judgment; 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 

M. "We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, 
Lord. 

C. Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 

Mm That it may please Thee to keep us in all time 
of temptation and heaviness ; to comfort and help all 
the weak-hearted ; to raise up them that fall, and 
finally to beat down Satan under our feet; 

C. We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



163 



M. That it may please Thee to succor, help, and 
comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribu- 
lation ; 

C. We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to preserve all trav- 
ellers and strangers, all women in the perils of child- 
birth, all sick persons, and young children, and to 
show Thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; 

C. We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to defend and pro- 
vide for the fatherless children, and widows, and all 
that are desolate and oppressed; 

Cm We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. That it may please Thee to have mercy upon 
all men ; 

Cm We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

M. Son of God, Redeemer of the world; 
Cm Have mercy upon us. 

M. Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the 
world ; 

Cm Have mercy upon us. 

M, Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the 
♦vorld ; 

Cm Grant us Thy peace. 

God, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing 



164 



PREPARATION FOR 



of the contrite, nor rejectest the desire of the sorrowful; 
be favorable to our prayers which in our afflictions 
that continually oppress us, we pour out before Thee ; 
and graciously hear them, that those things which 
the craft of the devil or man worketh against us, may 
be brought to nought, and by the counsel of Thy good- 
ness be dispersed ; so that being hurt by no persecu- 
tions, we may evermore give thanks unto Thee in Thy 
holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

God, from whom all holy desires, all good coun- 
sels, and all just works do proceed ; give unto Thy 
servants that peace which the world cannot give; 
that our hearts may be set to obey Thy command- 
ments, and also that we, being defended from the fear 
of our enemies, may by Thy protection pass our time 
in peace and quietness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A suitable Psalm or Hymn shall now be sung. 

Then the Minister, having taken his place in the pulpit, shall pro-, 
ceed to deliver a brief Sermon, or Exhortation. 

After the Sermon, the Minister, at the altar, shall address the com- 
municants, and say: 

Beloved in the Lord: Our blessed Saviour Jesus 
Christ, when He was about to finish the work of our 
redemption, by making Himself a sacrifice for our 
sins upon the cross, solemnly instituted the Holy Sac- 
rament of His own Body and Blood; that it might be 
the abiding memorial of His precious death; the seal 
of His perpetual presence in the Church by the Holy 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



165 



Ghost; the mystical exhibition of His one offering 
of Himself made once, but of force always, to put 
away sin; the pledge of His undying love to His peo- 
ple; and the bond of His living union and fellowship 
with them to the end of time. 

The same night, we are told, in which he was be- 
trayed, He took bread ; and when He had given 
thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is My 
body, which is broken for you; this do in remem- 
brance of Me. After the same manner also He took 
the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is 
the new testament in My blood; this do ye, as oft as 
ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. 

It has not been without reason, therefore, that the 
celebration of the Holy Eucharist has ever been re- 
garded by the Church as the inmost sanctuary of the 
whole Christian worship. We have to do here, not 
with outward signs only, but with the heavenly reali- 
ties themselves which these signs represent. Our 
Lord Himself calls the bread His body, and the cup 
His blood, or the new testament in His blood. The 
cup of blessing which we bless, says St. Paul, is it not 
the communion of the blood of Christ ? The bread 
which we break, is it not the communion of the body 
of Christ ? And it is the same Apostle who utters, 
in another place, the solemn warning : Let a man 
examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, 
and drink of that cup; for he that eateth and drink- 
eth unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to 
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 

Being of such high and awful character, it is plain 
that the Lord's Supper can be rightly and safely ap- 



166 



PREPARATION FOR 



proached only by those who are of a truly devout and 
religious mind. These holy mysteries are not for the 
irreverent, the worldly, or the profane. All who are 
impenitent and unbelieving, and who refuse to obey 
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, have no right to 
partake of this Christian altar. They can do so only 
at their own peril ; for coming to it thus in the spirit 
of hypocrisy and wickedness, they turn the blessing 
of the Sacrament into a curse, and that which should 
be a savor of life unto life is made to be for them only 
a savor of death unto death. They eat and drink 
damnation or judgment to themselves; not because 
they are sinners, but because they are impenitent 
sinners; not because they are unworthy, but because 
they eat and drink unworthily, not discerning the 
Lord's body. 

If any of you who are here present, then, know 
yourselves to be the willing servants of sin, being 
without repentance and faith, and yielding yourselves 
to the power of worldly affections and lusts, we sol- 
emnly warn and admonish you, that ye presume not, 
so long as this is your character, to come to the ta- 
ble of the Lord. Do not pretend in this way, to join 
righteousness with unrighteousness, and light with 
darkness. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and 
the cup of devils; ye cannot be partakers of the 
Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 

On the other hand, we cordially invite to this ta- 
ble all who are truly grieved and penitent for their 
sins, who look to the Lord J esus Christ for righteous- 
ness and salvation, who abide in the fellowship ot 
His Churchy and who earnestly desire to possess His 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



167 



Spirit and to walk in His steps. To all such the 
voice of the infinitely compassionate Kedeemer Him- 
self speaks : Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Fear not, 
therefore, as many of you as have this mind, to em- 
brace the joyful and glorious privilege which is here 
offered for your use. Having, brethren, boldness to 
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new 
and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, 
through the veil, that is to say, His flesh; and hav- 
ing an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw 
near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure water. 

Only ye must take good heed, that your particu- 
lar preparation for the Sacrament at this time be sin- 
cere and whole, according to God's command; so that 
no let or bar may be found in yourselves to its pro- 
per comfort and benefit. See that ye have grace, not 
only in general habit, but also in present exercise and 
power. Kenew your repentance and faith. Be in 
perfect charity with all men. Put away from you 
the leaven of malice and wickedness. Kemember 
earnestly your past offences and shortcomings, that 
ye may humble yourselves, with true hearty confes- 
sion, under the mighty hand of Him, who alone has 
power to exalt you in His own good time. Thus, 
clothed in the robes of salvation, you will be able to 
compass God's holy altar with thankfulness and joy, 
and to share the full benefit of its one offering for sin, 
while you feed on the sacrifice at the same time as 
the bread of everlasting life. For in this most com- 



168 



PREPAKATION FOR 



Portable Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ, we have exhibited to us at once, 
both the forgiveness of sins through His death, and 
the gift of immortality through His glorious resurrec- 
tion; according to His own word: Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of 
Man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. 
Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath 
eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. 
For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink 
indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My 
blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living 
Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so 
he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This 
is that bread which came down from heaven : not as 
your fathers did eat manna, and are dead; he that 
eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 

Ye then, beloved brethren in the Lord, who have 
looked earnestly into your own hearts, and who find 
in yourselves these good dispositions of penitence and 
faith, with the sincere desire and purpose of forsaking 
all sin and following after all Christian holiness, ap- 
proach with me now to the throne of grace, and make 
your humble confession to Almighty God. 

All kneeling. 

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; we cast our- 
selves down at Thy feet, with deep humiliation and 
heartfelt penitent grief, in view of our manifold sins 
and great unrighteousness, whereby we have pro- 
voked against ourselves most justly Thine indigna- 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



169 



tion and wrath. We have sinned against Thee in 
thought, word, and deed. We have broken Thy holy 
laws. We have come short of Thy righteousness 
and glory, in all our ways. Our lives bear testimony 
against us, and our own hearts condemn us, as being 
prone to all evil, and backward to all good. We 
have abused Thy mercies, and made light of Thy 
judgments. We have turned aside from Thy cove- 
nant; and have not been faithful and diligent, as 
we ought to have been, in using the helps of Thy 
grace for our eternal salvation. We acknowledge 
and bewail before Thee, the corruption of our nature, 
the vanity of our minds, the waywardness of our 
hearts, the wanderings and apostasies of our whole 
fallen life. Eighteousness belongeth unto Thee, O 
Lord; and unto us only confusion of face. But unto 
Thee, Lord our God, belong also mercies and for- 
givenesses, though we have rebelled against Thee. 
For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon 
Thee. Look upon us, therefore, righteous and 
holy Father, with an eye of pity and compassion, as 
we now humble ourselves, with sincere confession, be- 
fore the throne of Thy heavenly grace; and for the 
sake of Thy Son Jesus Christ, speak pardon and 
peace to our souls. Let Thy mercy be upon us, 
Lord, according as we hope in Thee. And with the 
full pardon of our past sins, be pleased also to quicken 
us, we beseech Thee, in the way of righteousness, and 
uphold us with Thy free Spirit; that we may walk 
worthy henceforth of the vocation wherewith we are 
called, and ever hereafter serve and please Thee in 

15 



170 



PREPARATION FOR 



newness of life, to the honor and glory of Thy holy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister rise, and pronounce to the Congregation, 
still kneeling, the following Declaration of Pardon. 

Hearken now unto the comforting assurance of the 
grace of God, promised in the Gospel to all that re- 
pent and believe: As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that 
the wicked turn from his way and live. God so 
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Unto as many of you, therefore, beloved in the 
Lord, as have now made confession of your sins unto 
God with hearty repentance and sincere faith, being 
resolved to turn from them, and to follow after right- 
eousness and true holiness in time to come, I declare, 
by the authority of the Gospel, that all your sins are 
remitted and forgiven, through the perfect satisfac- 
tion of the most holy passion and death of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then shall the Congregation rise, and join in singing a Doxology ; 
after which the service shall be concluded with this Benediction : 

The God of peace, who brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good work, to do His will, 
working in you that which is well-pleasing in His 
sight, through Jesus Christ: to whom be glory for 
ever and ever. Amen. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



[The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered publicly 
in the Church, in every Congregation, at least twice a year, and if pos- 
sible oftener.] 

Having taken his place at the altar, the Congregation also standing 
up, the Minister shall say as follows : 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Dearly Beloved in the Lord : If we say that we 
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is 
not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful 
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
all unrighteousness. Let us therefore humble our- 
selves before the throne of Almighty God, our hea- 
venly Father, and confess our manifold sins and trans- 
gressions with lowly and contrite hearts, that we may 
obtain forgiveness of the same through the merits of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Then the Minister and Congregation shall kneel, and repeat the fol- 
lowing Confession. 

171 



172 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who dost ad- 
mit Thy people unto such wonderful communion, that 
partaking of the Body and Blood of Thy dear Son, 
they should dwell in Him, and He in them; we un- 
worthy sinners, approaching to Thy presence, and be- 
holding Thy glory, do abhor ourselves, and repent in 
dust and ashes. We have sinned, we have sinned, 
we have grievously sinned against Thee, in thought, 
in word, and in deed, provoking most justly Thy wrath 
and indignation against us. The remembrance of our 
transgressions and shortcomings fills us with sorrow 
and shame. Yet now, most merciful Father, have 
mercy upon us ; for the sake of Jesus Christ, forgive 
us all our sins; purify us, by the inspiration of Thy 
Holy Spirit, from all inward uncleanness; enable us 
heartily to forgive others, as we beseech Thee to for- 
give us; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve 
and please Thee in newness of life; to the honor and 
glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall the Minister rise, and pronounce to the Congregation, 
still kneeling, the following Declaration of Pardon. 

Hearken now unto the comforting assurance of the 
grace of God, promised in the Gospel to all that repent 
and believe : As I live, saith the Lord God, I have 
no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live. God so loved 
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

Unto as many of you, therefore, beloved brethren, 



THE HOLY COMMUNION". 



173 



as truly repent of your sins, and believe in the Lord 
Jesus Christ, with full purpose of new obedience, I 
announce and declare, by the authority and in the 
name of Christ, that your sins are forgiven in heaven, 
according to His promise in the Gospel, through the 
perfect merit of Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Here, and at the end of every Collect and Prayer, the Congregation 
shall say : 

Amen. 

The Congregation shall now rise, and join with the Minister in re- 
peating the Nicene creed; immediately after which shall be sung, 
chanted, or recited, the Gloria in Excelsis ; all in the following order. 

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and 
invisible : 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten 
Son of God, begotten of the Father belore all worlds, 
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God ; 
begotten not made ; of one substaii3e with the Fa- 
ther, by whom all things were made : who for us men 
and for our salvation came down from heaven, and 
was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, 
and was made man : who was also crucified for us 
under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried 5 
and the third day rose again according to the Scrip- 
tures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth at th'3 
right hand of the Father ; and shall come again with 
glory to judge the quick and the dead; of whose 
kingdom there shall be no end. 

And we believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the 
Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the 

15* 



174 



THE HOLY COMMUNION". 



Son, who with the Father and the Son together is 
worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets; 
in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We con- 
fess one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for 
the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world 
to come. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 
Congregation. The Lord's name be praised. 

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men. "We praise Thee, we bless Thee, 
we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks 
to Thee for Thy great glory, Lord God, heavenly 
King, God the Father Almighty. 

Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; 
Lord God, Lamb of God, 'Son of the Father, that 
takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon 
us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, 
have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin 
of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest 
at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy 
upon us. 

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; 
Thou only, Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most 
high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister read the proper Gospel and Epistle for the 
day. 



After the reading, the service shall proceed thus, the Congregation 
rising: 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



175 



31. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost: 

C. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

31. The Lord be with you. 
Cm And with thy spirit. 

31. Let us pray. 

Here shall be offered the Collect for the day and the Festival Prayer. 
A suitable Psalm or Hymn shall then be sung. 

After this, the Minister having taken his place in the pulpit, shall 
proceed to deliver a brief Sermon. Or, instead of this, he may read a 
lesson of moderate length, taken from the Holy Gospels, on the history 
of Christ's Passion and Death. 

Then shall follow a collection of the Offerings of the people, to be 
devoted to the service of the poor, or to some benevolent purpose; 
during which the Minister, standing at the altar, shall read some of 
the following Sentences from the Holy Scriptures. 

He which soweth sparingly shall reap also spa- 
ringly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap 
also bountifully. 

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, 
so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for 
God loveth a cheerful giver. As it is written, He 
hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: 
his righteousness remaineth forever. 

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they 
be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but 
in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to 
enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good 
works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; 
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on 
eternal life. 

To do good and to communicate forget not: for 
with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 



176 



THE HOLY COMMUNION". 



Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his bro- 
ther have need, and shutteth up his bowels of com- 
passion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in 
him ? 

He that hath -pity upon the poor lendeth unto the 
Lord ; and that which he hath given will He pay 
him again. 

I have shewed you all things, how that so laboring 
ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the 
words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more 
blessed to give than to receive. 

The collection shall be brought by the Deacons, in a proper vessel 
provided for the purpose, to the Minister; who shall then reverently 
place it upon the altar, as an oblation presented unto God. 

After this, the Minister shall uncover and expose to view the vessels 
containing the Bread and Wine for the use of the Holy Sacrament, and 
proceed as follows : 

31. Let us pray. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who by the blood 
of Thy dear Son hast consecrated for us a new and 
living way into the holiest of all ; cleanse our minds, 
we beseech Thee, by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spi- 
rit, that we, Thy redeemed people, drawing near unto 
Thee in these holy mysteries, with a true heart and 
undefiled conscience, in full assurance of faith, may 
offer unto Thee an acceptable sacrifice in righteous- 
ness, and worthily magnify Thy great and glorious 
name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister pronounce, slowly and solemnly, either the 
whole, or some part, of the following selection of passages from the 
Holy Scriptures. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



177 



Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our 
sorrows : yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of 
God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our 
transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities : the 
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with 
His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have 
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own 
way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of 
us all. 

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent His only begotten Son into the 
world, that we might live through Him. Herein is 
love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, 
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot 
bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no 
more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, 
ye are the branches : he that abideth in Me, and I in 
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without 
Me ye can do nothing. 

I am the living bread which came down from hea- 
ven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for 
ever: and the bread which I will give is My flesh, 
which I will give for the life of the world. The J ews 
therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can 
this man give us His flesh to eat? Then Jesus said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye 
eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, 
ye have no life in you. 

Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, 
hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last 
day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is 
drink indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh 
My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the 
living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father : 
so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This 
is that bread which came down from heaven : not as 

M 



178 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that 
eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 

Then, the whole Congregation rising, the service shall proceed : 

M. The Lord be with you. 
C And with thy spirit. 

M. Lift up your hearts. 

C. We lift them up unto the Lord. 

M. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. 
C. It is meet and right so to do. 

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that 
we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks 
unto Thee, Lord God Almighty, Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from 
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God, 

Thou didst in the beginning create all things for 
Tlxyself. By Thy word were the heavens made, and 
all the host of them by the breath of Th.f mouth. 
The armies of the invisible world, angels and archan- 
gels, thrones, dominions, principalities and powers; 
ihe glorious firmament on high, sun, moon and stars ; 
the earth and the fulness thereof; all are the work 
of Thy hands, and all are upheld by Thee continually 
in their appointed order and course. 

Thou also at the first didst make man in Thine own 
image, and after Thine own likeness, and didst set him 
over the works of Thy hands, endowing him with the 
excellent gift of righteousness, and forming him for 
immortality. And when afterwards, through the fraud 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



179 



and malice of Satan, he fell by transgression from that 
first estate, Thou didst not leave him still to perish 
utterly in his fall, but wast pleased to raise him up 
again and to restore him to the joyful hope of ever- 
lasting life, by the promise of redemption through Je- 
sus Christ; who, being God of God, very God of very 
God, dwelling in the bosom of the Father with un- 
speakable blessedness from all eternity, at last, when 
the fulness of the time was come, came down from 
heaven, and became man, for us men and for our sal- 
vation. 

For all Thy mercies and favors, known to us and 
unknown, we give Thee thanks. But most of all, we 
praise Thee, the Father everlasting, for the gift of 
Thine adorable, true, and only Son, our Saviour Jesus 
Christ, who by His appearing hath abolished death 
and brought life and immortality to light through the 
Gospel. We bless Thee for His holy incarnation; for 
His life on earth; for His precious sufferings and death 
upon the cross; for His resurrection from the dead; 
and for His glorious ascension to Thy right hand. 
We bless Thee for the giving of the Holy Ghost; for 
the institution of the Church; for the means of grace; 
for the hope of everlasting life; and for the glory 
which shall be brought unto us at the coming, and in 
the kingdom, of Thy dear Son. 

Thee, mighty God, heavenly King, we magnify and 
praise. With patriarchs and prophets, apostles and 
martyrs; with the holy Church throughout all the 
world; with the heavenly Jerusalem, the joyful as- 
sembly and congregation of the first-born on high; 
with the innumerable company of angels round about 



180 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



Thy throne, the heaven ol heavens, and all the powers 
therein; we worship and adore Thy glorious name, 
joining in the song of the Cherubim and Seraphim: 

Here let the people join aloud in the Seraphic Hymn. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven 
and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. Ho- 
sanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest ! 

Then the Minister shall proceed: 

The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He 

WAS BETRAYED [here he shall take some of the bread into his 
hands], TOOK BREAD; AND WHEN He HAD GIVEN THANKS, 
HE BRAKE IT [here he shall break the bread], AND SAID, 

Take, eat, this is My Body which is broken for 
you; this do in remembrance of Me. 

AFTER THE SAME MANNER ALSO [here he shall take the 
cup into his hands], He TOOK THE CUP, WHEN He HAD SUP- 
PED, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My 
Blood; this do ye as often as ye drink it, in remem- 
brance of Me. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, send down, 
we beseech Thee, the powerful benediction of Thy 
Holy Spirit upon these elements of bread and wine, 
that being set apart now from a common to a sacred 
and mystical use, they may exhibit and represent to 
us with true effect the Body and Blood of Thy Son, 
Jesus Christ; so that in the use of them we may be 
made, through the power of the Holy Ghost, to par- 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



181 



take really and truly of His blessed life, whereby only 
we can be saved from death, and raised to immortal- 
ity at the last day. Amen. 

And be pleased now, most merciful Father, gra- 
ciously to receive at our hands this memorial of the 
blessed sacrifice of Thy Son ; in union with which 
we here offer and present unto Thee, Lord, the 
reasonable sacrifice of our own persons ; consecrating 
ourselves, on the altar of the Gospel, in soul and body, 
property and life, to Thy most blessed service and 
praise. Look upon us through the mediation of 
our great High Priest. Make us accepted in the Be- 
loved ; and let His name be as a pure and holy in- 
cense, through which all our worship may come up 
before Thee, as the odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice 
acceptable, well pleasing to God. Amen. 

Kemember in mercy, we beseech Thee, Thy Church 
militant throughout the whole earth. Let her min- 
isters be clothed with righteousness, and her priests 
with salvation. Build up her desolations; restore 
her disorders; heal her divisions; and grant unto 
her prosperity, safety, unity and peace. Amen. 

We commend unto Thee especially this particular 
church and congregation, pastor, elders, deacons, and 
people, beseeching Thee to accept their piety and 
faith, and to increase toward them Thy heavenly 
grace, so that they may come behind in no gift, 
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

16 



182 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



We pray for all estates of men in Christian lands; 
for kings, princes, and governors, and for the people 
committed to their charge and care ; especially for 
Thy servant the President of the United States, and 
for all the rulers of this land and nation. Make us 
a righteous people, and give us power to serve Thee 
in quietness and peace. Amen. 

Vouchsafe unto us, we beseech Thee, favorable 
weather, that the fruits of the earth may ripen and 
be gathered in for us in due season ; and be pleased 
of Thy great goodness to preserve us from war, pes- 
tilence, and famine. Amen. 

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth unto the ends 
of the earth; cause the glorious Gospel of Thy grace 
to be proclaimed among all nations ; and powerfully 
incline the hearts of men everywhere, that they may 
hear and obey the joyful sound. Amen. 

Kegard in tender compassion those among Thy 
people, who are called to suffer heavy affliction, or 
sore temptation and trial of any kind: and be Thou 
graciously nigh unto them with Thy divine help, ac- 
cording to all their need. Amen. 

Especially do we commend unto Thee those de- 
parting this life. Let the arms of Thy love be round 
about them in their last hour ; defend them against 
the assaults of the Devil; enable them joyfully to 
commit their spirits into Thy hands ; and so receive 
them to Thy rest. Amen. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



183 



God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of 
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is na- 
med ; we rejoice before Thee in the blessed commun- 
ion of all Thy saints, wherein Thou givest us also 
to have part. We praise Thee for the holy fellow- 
ship of patriarchs and prophets, apostles and martyrs, 
and the whole glorious company of the redeemed of 
all ages, who have died in the Lord, and now live 
with Him for evermore. We give thanks unto Thee 
for Thy great grace and many gifts bestowed on those 
who have thus gone before us in the way of salvation, 
and by whom we are now compassed about, in our 
Christian course, as a cloud of witnesses looking down 
upon us from the heavenly world. Enable us to fol- 
low their faith, that we may enter at death into their 
joy ; and so abide with them in rest and peace, till 
both they and we shall reach our common consum- 
mation of redemption and bliss in the glorious resur- 
rection of the last day. Amen. 

Here let the people join aloud in the Lord's Prayer. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

M. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you all. 
C. Amen. 



184 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



Here the Holy Communion shall take place. While a sacramental 
hymn is sung, the people shall present themselves in front of the altar, 
reverently and devoutly standing. The officiating Minister shall first 
receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and administer the same 
to his assistants ; and he shall then proceed with their help to adminis* 
ter it, first to the elders and deacons, and afterward to the people; dis- 
tributing first the bread and then the cup. 

Giving the bread, the Minister shall say : 

The bread which we break, is the Communion of 
the body of Christ. 

Giving the cup, the Minister shall say : 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is the Com- 
munion of the Blood of Christ. 

After the people have communed in both kinds, the Minister shall 
say : 

May the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood 
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, keep and pre- 
serve you, each one, in body, soul, and spirit, unto 
everlasting life. Amen. 

Depart in peace. 

When all have communed, the Minister shall say: 

Let us pray. 

Almighty and everlasting God, we give Thee most 
hearty thanks for the great goodness Thou hast shown 
toward us at this time, in vouchsafing to feed us, 
through these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food 
of the most precious body and blood of Thy Son 
our Saviour Jesus Christ ; assuring us thereby, that 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



185 



we are very members incorporate in the mystical 
body of Thy Son, and heirs through hope of Thine 
everlasting kingdom, by the merits of His most bles- 
sed death and passion. And we most humbly beseech 
Thee, heavenly Father, so to assist us with Thy 
grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, 
and do all such good works as Thou hast prepared 
for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

Then shall be said, or chanted, the Amhrosian Hymn (Te Deum 
laudamus), as follows : 

M. We praise Thee, God: 

C. We acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 

M. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father 
everlasting. 

€• To Thee all angels cry aloud; the heavens and 
all the powers therein. 

M. To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually 
do cry: 

C. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. 

M. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of 
Thy glory. 

C. The glorious company of the apostles praise 
Thee. 

16* 



186 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



M. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise 
Thee. 

C. The noble army of martyrs praise Thee. 

M. The holy Church, thoroughout all the world, 
doth acknowledge Thee, 

C. The Father of an infinite majesty; 

31. Thine adorable, true, and only Son; 
C. Also, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

3L Thou art the King of glory, Christ. 

C. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. 

31. When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, 
Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin. 

C. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness ot 
death, Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all 
believers. 

M. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the 
glory of the Father. 

C. We believe that Thou shalt come to be our 
Judge. 

31. We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, 
whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. 

C. Make them to be numbered with Thy saints 
in glory everlasting. 

31. Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thy heri- 
tage. 

C. Govern them, and lift them up forever. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



187 



M. Day by day we magnify Thee; 
C. And we worship Thy name ever, world with- 
out end. 

3£. Vouchsafe, Lord, to keep us this day with- 
out sin. 

C. Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon 
us. 

M. Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us, as our trust 
is in Thee. 

C. Lord in Thee have I trusted; let me never 
be confounded. 

After which the Minister shall close the whole service with this Bene- 
diction. 

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and 
love of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord: 
and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and re- 
main with you always. Amen. 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

[Children, one or both of whose parents are members of the Church 
are entitled to Baptism. 

Baptism shall be performed in the Church, except for good reason. 

Sponsors may be admitted in Baptism ; but the parents themselves 
must be present and answer to the questions in the Service. 

Members of the Church may present orphan children for Baptism, 
assuming the proper vows.] 

When there are children to be baptized, they shall be brought to the 
altar, by the parents or sponsors, immediately after the Gloria in Ex- 
celsis in the Lord's Day Service. 

Pure water having been provided in the font, or some other clean 
vessel, fit and decent for the sacred ordinance, the Minister, standing 
near it, shall say: 

Dearly Beloved: Our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, after His resurrection, and shortly before His 
ascension to the right hand of God the Father Al- 
mighty, instituted the Holy Sacrament of Baptism for 
the remission of sins, saying to His disciples: All 
power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go 
ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am 
with you alway, even unto the end of the world. 
188 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 



189 



Hear, also, what is written in another place : And 
they brought young children to Him, that He might 
touch them; and His disciples rebuked them that 
brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was much 
displeased, and said, Suffer the little children to come 
unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the king- 
dom of God. Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever, 
shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, 
he shall not enter therein. And He took them up in 
His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed 
them. 

Therefore, taking encouragement from these words, 
and firmly believing that the promise of the New Cov- 
enant is to our children, no less than to ourselves, 
let us call upon God the Father, in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that of His bounteous mercy He 
may grant to this child, through the Holy Sacrament 
of Baptism, that which by nature he cannot have ; 
that being washed from his sins, and delivered from 
the power of the Devil, he may be made a member 
of Christ's Holy Church unto eternal salvation. 

Here the Congregation shall rise, and continue standing until the 
Baptism is ended. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who of Thy great 
mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark by 
water; and also didst safely lead the children of 
Israel, Thy people, through the Red Sea, figuring 
thereby Thy holy Baptism ; and by the Baptism of 
Thy well beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in the river Jor- 
dan, didst sanctify water to the mystical washing 
away of sin : we beseech Thee for Thine infinite mer- 
cies, graciously to look upon this child, to wash him, 



190 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost, that he being 
delivered from Thy wrath, may be received into the 
ark of Christ's Church, and being steadfast in faith, 
joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so 
pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally 
7iemay come to the land of everlasting life ; there to 
reign with Thee, world without end, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall address the parents or sponsors as follows: 

Dearly Beloved: You present this child here, and 
do seek for him deliverance from the power of the 
Devil, the remission of sin, and the gift of a new and 
spiritual life by the Holy Ghost, through the Sacra- 
ment of Baptism, which Christ hath ordained for the 
communication of such great grace. These benefits 
God, on his part, will most surely bestow, for the sake 
of His well beloved Son : wherefore, in the presence 
of God and these witnesses, I require of you, who are 
the sureties of this child, that on his part, and for him, 
who cannot answer for himself, you do now make 
that confession of unfeigned faith, out of a pure con- 
science, which Almighty God shall accept and an- 
swer, by vouchsafing His holy Baptism. 

Then shall the Minister address to the parents or sponsors, the fol- 
lowing questions, to which the answer shall be given audibly by each 
one. 

Dost thou, in the name of this child, renounce the 
Devil with all his ways and works, the world with its 
vain pomp and glory, and the flesh with all its sinful 
desires? 

Ans. I do. 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 



191 



Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth ? 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord ; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary ; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried ; descended into hades • 
the third day rose from the dead ; ascended into hea- 
ven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead ? 

And in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church 5 
the communion of saints ; the forgiveness of sins ; the 
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting ? 

Ans. I believe. 

"Wilt thou that this child be baptized in this faith? 
Arts, I will. 

Dost thou promise to bring up this child in the nur- 
ture and admonition of the Lord, and in the doctrines 
and duties of our holy religion? 

Ans. I do. 

Then, taking the child on his arm, or leaving it in the arms of the 
parent or sponsor, the Minister shall say: 

Name this child. 

Thereupon, pronouncing the name aloud, he shall baptize it with a 
free application of water, saying : 

JV. I baptize thee, in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



192 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



Then the Minister shall restore the child to the parents or sponsors 
and say : 

Let us give thanks. 

We yield Thee hearty thanks, most merciful Fa- 
ther, that it hath pleased Thee, through the mystery 
of Thy holy Baptism, to deliver this child from the 
power of darkness, and to translate him into the king- 
dom of Thy dear Son, in whom we have redemption 
through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. And 
we humbly beseech Thee to grant that lie, being dead 
unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being 
buried with Christ in His death, may crucify the old 
man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and 
that as he is made partaker of the death of Thy Son, 
he may also be made partaker of His resurrection; so 
that finally, with the residue of Thy holy Church, 
he may be an inheritor of Thine everlasting kingdom; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall address the parents or sponsors, as follows : 

Dearly Beloved m the Lord: Forasmuch as you 
have now dedicated this child by Baptism to the service 
of the Triune God, you must remember that it is your 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 



193 



duty to train him up, by precept and example, in the 
true knowledge and fear of God according to the ar- 
ticles of the Christian faith and doctrine, as contained 
in the Old and New Testament, and in the symbols 
of the Church. Especially is it your duty, so soon 
as lie shall be able to learn, to remind him often of 
his baptismal vows and obligations, and in particular 
to teach him the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, 
and the Ten Commandments, that he may know how 
to pray, what to believe, and how to live. Finally, 
you are to see to it, that he be brought at the proper 
time to the Minister, to be instructed in the Catechism, 
and prepared for Confirmation and the Holy Commun- 
ion ; that he may heartily renew his baptismal vows, 
renounce in his own name the world, the flesh, and 
the Devil, profess Jesus Christ, and ever honor this 
profession by a holy life and conversation, to the 
glory of God, and the salvation of his soul. 

Then shall the Minister pronounce this Benediction : 

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
keep your heart and mind, through Christ Jesus. 
Amen. 



17 



N 



PEIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 



In case of private Baptism, the form provided for use in the church 
shall be employed, unless sickness require the use of a shorter form, when 
the Minister addressing the parents or sponsors, shall proceed as follows : 

Dearly Beloved : You present this child here, and 
do seek for him deliverance from the power of the 
Devil, the remission of sin, and the gift of a new and 
spiritual life by the Holy Ghost, through the Sacra- 
ment of Baptism, which Christ hath ordained for the 
communication of such great grace. These benefits 
God, on His part, will most surely bestow, for the 
sake of His well beloved Son : wherefore, in the pres- 
ence of God and these witnesses, I require of you, 
who are the sureties of this child, that on his part and 
for him, who cannot answer for himself, you do now 
make that confession of unfeigned faith, out of a pure 
conscience, which Almighty God shall accept and 
answer, by vouchsafing His holy Baptism. 

Then shall the Minister address to the parents or sponsors, the fol- 
lowing questions, to which the answer shall be given audibly, by each 
one. 

Dost thou, in the name of this child, renounce the 
Devil with all his ways and works, the world with 
194 



PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 195 



its vain pomp and glory, and the flesh with all its 
sinful desires? 
Ans. I do. 

Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth? 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried; descended into hades; 
the third day rose from the dead; ascended into hea- 
ven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty ; from whence He shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead? 

And in the Holy Ghost ; the holy catholic Church; 
the communion of saints ; the forgiveness of sins ; 
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting ? 

Ans. I believe. 

Wilt thou that this child be baptized in this faith ? 
Ans. I will. 

Dost thou promise to bring up this child in the nur- 
ture and admonition of the Lord, and in the doctrines 
and duties of our holy religion ? 

Ans. I do. 

Then, taking the child on his arm, or leaving it in the arms of the 
parent or sponsor, the Minister shall say : 

Name this child. 

Thereupon, pronouncing the name aloud, he shall baptize it with a 
free application of water, saying : 

JS~. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



196 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



Then the Minister shall restore the child to the parents or sponsors, 
and say : 

Let us give thanks. 

We yield Thee hearty thanks, most merciful Fa- 
ther, that it hath pleased Thee, through the mystery 
of Thy holy Baptism, to deliver this child from the 
power of darkness, and to translate him into the king- 
dom of Thy dear Son, in whom we have redemption 
through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. And 
we humbly beseech Thee to grant that he, being dead 
unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being 
buried with Christ in His death, may crucify the old 
man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and 
that as he is made partaker of the death of Thy Son, 
he may also be made partaker of His resurrection; so 
that finally, with the residue of Thy holy Church, he 
may be an inheritor of Thine everlasting kingdom; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister pronounce this Benediction : 

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
keep your heart and mind, through Christ Jesus. 
Amen. 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 



[Before adults are Baptized, the Minister and Elders shall be satis- 
fied that they understand the fundamental truths of the Christian re- 
ligion, and are governed by them in their lives. 

Adults must be baptized publicly, either in the church, or elsewhere, 
in the presence of a worshipping assembly. The Minister shall unite 
the rite of Confirmation with their Baptism, by laying his hands upon 
them, and pronouncing the Benediction, as in the Office of Confirm- 
ation.] 

When adults are to be baptized, they shall present themselves at the 
altar, after the Gloria in Excelsis in the Lord's Day Service. 

Pure water having been provided in the font, or some other clean 
vessel, fit and decent for the sacred ordinance, the Minister, standing 
near it, shall begin thus : 

Dearly Beloved : That you may know and rightly 
understand, from God's holy word, the meaning and 
importance of the Sacrament of Baptism, hear first 
what Jesus said to Nicodemus : Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That 
which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which 
is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said 
unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind blow- 
eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the 
Spirit. 

17* 



198 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



Hear also the words of the institution of this Sac- 
rament: He said unto His disciples, Go ye into all 
the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 
He that believe th and is baptized, shall be saved ; but 
he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

You see from these words of our Saviour, Jesus 
Christ, that we are all by nature in a sinful and lost 
condition, and cannot enter into the kingdom of God 
except by a new birth of water and of the Spirit; 
and that there is no salvation without faith in Jesus 
Christ, and a child-like submission to His ordinances. 
You see, moreover, that the ordinary way of entering 
into the covenant of grace, according to God's ap- 
pointment, is the Sacrament of holy Baptism, by 
which we are divinely assured of the remission of our 
sins, and become partakers of the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. Hence, also, St. Peter, on the day of Pente- 
cost, after preaching the gospel of Christ's death and 
resurrection, called upon the hearers, saying: Repent, 
and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of 
Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall 
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise 
is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are 
afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 

Then addressing the Congregation, he shall say : 

Therefore, taking encouragement from these words, 
let us, as many as are here present, call upon God the 
Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
of His bounteous mercy He may grant to tiiis person, 
through the holy Sacrament of Baptism, that which 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 



199 



by nature he cannot have ; that being washed from 
his sins, and delivered from the power of the Devil, 
he may be made a member of Christ's holy Church, 
unto eternal salvation. 

Here the Congregation shall rise, and remain standing until the 
Baptism is ended. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who of Thy great 
mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark by 
water; and also didst safely lead the children of 
Israel, Thy people, through the Eed Sea, figuring 
thereby Thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of 
Thy well beloved Son, J esus Christ, in the river Jor- 
* dan, didst sanctify water to the mystical washing 
away of sin : we beseech Thee, for Thine infinite 
mercies, graciously to look upon this person, to wash 
him, and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost, that he 
being delivered from Thy wrath, may be received 
into the ark of Christ's Church, and being steadfast 
in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, 
may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, 
that finally he may come to the land of everlasting 
life, there to reign with Thee, world without end; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall address the person or persons to be baptized : 

Dearly Beloved : You are come hither seeking de- 
liverance from the power of the Devil, the remission 
of sin, and the gift of a new and spiritual life by the 
Holy Ghost, through the Sacrament of Baptism, 
which Christ hath ordained for the communication 
of such great grace. These benefits God, on His 



200 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



part, will most surely bestow, for the sake of His well 
beloved Son : wherefore, in the presence of God and 
these witnesses, I require of you, that you, on your 
part, do now make that confession of unfeigned faith, 
out of a pure conscience, which Almighty God shall 
accept and answer, by vouchsafing His holy Baptism. 

Then shall the Minister address to the person or persons to be bap- 
tized the following questions, to which the answer shall be given au- 
dibly by each one. 

Dost thou renounce the Devil with all his ways 
and works, the world with its vain pomp and glory, 
and the flesh with all its sinful desires? 

Arts. I do. 

Dost thou believe in God the Eather Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth ? 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried; descended into hades; 
the third day rose from the dead; ascended into hea- 
ven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty; from whence he shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead? 

And in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; 
the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the 
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting ? 

Ans. I believe. 

Wilt thou be baptized in this faith? 
Ans. I will. 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 



201 



Dost thou promise to follow Christ, and to keep His 
commandments, all the days of thy life ? 
Ans. I do. 

Then shall the Minister ask the name of the Catechumen, and re- 
quiring him to kneel down, shall baptize him, saying : 

jV. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister lay his hands on the head of the person 
baptized, and confirm him, saying : 

The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I 
pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be 
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the person or persons rising, the Minister shall proceed : 

Let us give thanks. 

We yield Thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, 
that it hath pleased Thee, through the mystery of 
Thy holy Baptism, to deliver this person from the pow- 
er of darkness, and to translate him into the king- 
dom of Thy dear Son, in whom we have redemption 
through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. And 
we humbly beseech Thee to grant that he, being dead 
unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being 
buried with Christ in His death, may crucify the old 
man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and 
that as he is made partaker of the death of Thy Son, 
he may also be made partaker of His resurrection; so 
that finally, with the residue of Thy holy Church, 
he may be an inheritor of Thine everlasting kingdom ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



202 



HOLY BAPTISM. 



Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister pronounce this Benediction: 

And now may the God of all grace, who hath called 
us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that 
ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you: to Him be glory and domimbn 
forever and ever. Amen. 



OONIIRMATION. 



[It is the duty of the baptized children of the Church to become Cate- 
chumens, as soon as they are old enough to commit to memory the Cate- 
chism, and to be benefited by the Pastor's instructions. In no case 
ought their attendance to be delayed beyond their thirteenth year. 
Their Catechization looks forward to their Confirmation, which forms 
its solemn completion. 

Before Confirmation is administered, the Minister and Elders shall 
be satisfied that the candidate understands the fundamental truths of 
the Christian religion, and is governed by them in his life.] 

After a Sermon, or an Address, the Minister shall read the names of 
the Catechumene, who shall then present themselves at the altar; 
whereupon the Minister shall begin thus : 

Following the example of the holy Apostles, and 
those who succeeded them, the Church bestows upon 
those who have been baptized, either as adults or in 
their infancy, after they have been properly instructed, 
the blessing of Confirmation, by prayer and the lay- 
ing on of hands. 

The laying on of hands was first practised as a re- 
ligious act by devout parents upon their children, 
whereby they imparted unto them the parental bles- 
sing, and confirmed them in faith and piety. By the 
laying on of hands also, such as were called to be 
public ministers in the Church were invested with 
the authority and grace of the sacred office; and so 

203 



204 



CONFIRMATION. 



also by the same solemn act, the Apostles of our Lord 
communicated the gift of the Holy Ghost for the con- 
firmation of believers after their baptism. 

Then, addressing the Catechumens, he shall say: 

Dearly Beloved: As children of your heavenly 
Father, called to a holy priesthood in the Church, to 
offer up spiritual sacrifices to God by Jesus Christ, 
you are now to receive the solemn rite of Confirmation 
by the laying on of hands, as your full and formal 
consecration to His holy service. 

In this sacred ordinance, you on your part renew and 
ratify the promise and vow made in your baptism ; 
whilst the Church, in God's stead, claims you publicly 
for His service, blesses you in His name, and confirms 
you in His covenant, invoking upon you in larger 
measure the Holy Ghost, by whose help alone you 
are able to fulfil your vows by leading holy and 
obedient lives. 

Then shall the Minister address to the Catechumens the following 
questions, to which the answer shall be given audibly by each one. 

Dost thou now, in the presence of God and of this 
Congregation, renew the solemn promise and vow 
made in your name at your baptism? Dost thou 
ratify and confirm the same, and acknowledge thyself 
bound to believe and to do all those things which 
your parents then undertook for you? 

Ans. I do. 

Dost thou renounce the Devil with all his ways 
and works, the world with its vain pomp and glory, 
and the flesh with all its sinful desires? 

Arts. I do. 



CONFIRMATION. 



205 



Then the Minister shall say : 

Profess now your faith before God and this congre- 
gation. 

Here, the Congregation standing, the Catechumens led by the Min- 
ister shall repeat the Apostles' Creed, as follows: 

I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; 
was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into 
hades ; the third day He rose from the dead ; He as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall 
come to judge the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of 
sins ; the resurrection of the body, and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

Minister. Our help is in the name of the Lord ; 
Congregation. Who hath made heaven and 
earth. 

. M. Blessed be the name of the Lord ; 
C. Henceforth, world without end. 

M. Lord, hear our prayer ; 

C. And let our cry come unto Thee. 

M. Let us pray. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who out of infinite 
mercy in Christ J esus, hast caused these Thy servants 

18 



206 



CONFIRMATION. 



to be born again of water and of the Holy Ghost, and 
hast given unto them the remission of their sins; 
strengthen them, we beseech Thee, Lord, through 
the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; and daily increase in 
them the manifold gifts of Thy grace, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and 
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the 
Lord, now and forever. Amen. 

Then, the Congregation still standing, the Catechumens shall kneel, 
and the Minister, laying his hand on the head of each one successively, 
shall say: 

The very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and 
I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be 
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Here all shall kneel. 

M* Let us pray. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we render 
Thee thanks for the great mercy Thou hast been 
pleased to show toward these Thy servants, by giving 
them power this day publicly to own and accept for 
themselves Thy covenant of salvation made with 
them before in the sacrament of Baptism, and by con- 
firming unto them at this time the same grace through 
the solemn benediction of Thy holy Church. And 
now, Lord, we beseech Thee to verify and fulfil in 
them the truth of this glorious covenant unto the 
end, that as they have been introduced into the king- 
dom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and made 
to have part in its privileges and hopes, they may be 



CONFIRMATION. 



207 



constantly kept in the same by the power of the Holy 
Ghost, through faith, unto everlasting life. Fortify 
them against the assaults of sin and hell. Let not 
Satan prevail against them. Keep them from the 
evil that is in the world. Help them to walk in the 
Spirit, that they may not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. 
Defend them from all heresy and schism, from all 
apostasy and unbelief. Let them never draw back 
to perdition. Make them faithful unto death, that 
no man may take from them their crown. And grant, 
most merciful Father, that having continued thus 
steadfast in faith and hope to the end, they may be 
counted worthy to be joined with Thy saints in hea- 
ven, and to have part with them finally in the resur- 
rection of the dead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then the Minister shall dismiss the Catechumens, saying: 

The peace of God which passeth all understanding, 
keep your heart and mind, through Christ Jesus. 
Amm. 



MAEEIAGE. 



At the day and time appointed, the persons to be married shall 
come into the body of the Church, or shall be ready in some proper 
house, with their friends and neighbors; and there standing together, 
the Man on the right hand, and the Woman on the left, the Minister 
shall say : 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Dearly Beloved: We are assembled, in the sight 
of God and of His holy angels, to join together this 
man and this woman in the bonds of Matrimony; 
which is an honorable estate, instituted of God in the 
time of man's innocency, confirmed by the teaching 
of our blessed Saviour, and compared by St. Paul to 
the mystical union, which subsists between Christ 
and His Church. 

Into this holy estate these two persons are come to 
be joined. Therefore, if any man can show any just 
cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, 
let him now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his 
peace. 

And then addressing the persons to be married, he shall say: 

I charge you each and both, as ye will answer be- 
fore God at the day of judgment, if either of you 



MARRIAGE. 



209 



know any reason why ye may not be lawfully joined 
together in matrimony, confess it now. For be well 
assured, that all those who are brought together, con- 
trary to the word of God, are not joined together of 
God ; neither is their marriage lawful. 

If no impediment be alleged, the Minister shall say unto the 
man : 

Jl/. Wilt thou take this woman to be thy wedded 
wife? 

Wilt thoji love her, comfort her, honor, and keep 
her in sickness and in health ; and, forsaking every 
other, cleave to her only, so long as ye both shall 
live? 

The man shall answer: 

I will. 

Then shall the Minister say unto the woman : 

JflT. Wilt thou take this man to be thy wedded 
husband ? 

Wilt thou obey him, love, honor, and keep him in 
sickness and in health ; and, forsaking every other, 
cleave to him only, so long as ye both shall live ? 

The woman shall answer: 

I will. 

When a ring is used, the man shall give the ring to the woman, 
which the Minister taking from her shall deliver again to the man, 
who shall then place it upon the third finger of the woman's left hand, 
and holding it there, shall say after the Minister: 

With this ring I thee wed: in the name of the 

Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
Amen. 

18* 



210 



MARRIAGE. 



Then shall the Minister say: 

As a seal to this holy vow, give each other the 
right hand. 

Then the Minister, laying his hand upon the joined hands of the 
pair, shall say: 

Forasmuch as you, M • and JST. have consented to- 
gether in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the 
same before God and this company, I pronounce you 
man and wife, in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Those whom God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 

Let us pray. 

God, who by Thy mighty power hast made all 
things of nothing; who also didst appoint that out 
of man, created after Thine own image and simili- 
tude, woman should take her beginning; and knit- 
ting them together, didst teach that it should never 
be lawful to put asunder those whom Thou by mat- 
rimony hadst made one : look mercifully upon these 
Thy servants, that both this man may love his wife, 
according to Thy word, (as Christ did love His 
spouse the Church, who gave Himself for it, loving 
and cherishing it even as His own flesh,) and also 
that this woman may be loving and faithful to her 
husband; and in all quietness, sobriety, and peace, be 
a follower of holy and godly matrons. Lord, bless 
them both, and grant them to inherit Thine ever- 
lasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



MARRIAGE. 



211 



Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Then shall he bless them : 

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, 
bless, preserve, and keep you ; the Lord mercifully 
with His favor look upon you, and fill you with all 
spiritual benediction and grace ; that ye may so live 
together in this life, that in the world to come ye 
may have life everlasting. Amen, 

After which, if the service be in the church, and there be no ser- 
mon declaring the duties of marriage, the Minister shall read as follows : 

All ye that are married, or that intend to take the excellent 
estate of matrimony upon you, hear what the Holy Scripture 
doth say as touching the duty of husbands towards their wives, 
and wives towards their husbands. 

Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, the fifth Chap- 
ter, doth give this commandment to all married men : Hus- 
bands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, 
and gave Himself for it ; that He might sanctify and cleanse 
it with the washing of water, by the word ; that He might 
present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or 
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and 
without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their 
own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For 
no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and 
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church : for we are mem- 
bers of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this 
cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be 



212 



MARRIAGE. 



joined unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. This 
is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the 
Church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so 
love his wife, even as himself. 

Likewise the same St. Paul, writing to the Colossians, 
speaketh thus to all men that are married : Husbands, love 
your wives, and be not bitter against them. 

Hear also what Saint Peter, the Apostle of Christ, who 
was himself a married man, saith unto them that are married : 
Ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge ; 
giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as 
being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers 
be not hindered. 

Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward 
the wife. Now likewise, ye wives, hear and learn your du- 
ties toward your husbands, even as it is plainly set forth in 
Holy Scripture. 

Saint Paul, in the afore-named Epistle to the Ephesians, 
teacheth you thus: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own 
husbands, as unto the Lord. Eor the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church : and He 
is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the Church is sub- 
ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in 
every thing. And again he saith : Let the wife see that she 
reverence her husband. 

And in his Epistle to the Colossians, Saint Paul giveth 
you this short lesson : Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 

Saint Peter also doth instruct you very well, thus saying : 
Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any 
obey not the word, they also may without the word be won 
by the conversation of the wives ; while they behold your 
chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let 
it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of 
wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be 
the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, 



MARRIAGE. 



213 



even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in 
the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in 
the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, 
adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own hus- 
bands : even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord : 
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not 
afraid with any amazement. 

After which the Minister shall close the service with this Bene- 
diction : 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 



OKDINATION AND INSTALLATION. 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 

A'Vr the Sermon, the presiding Minister, having taken his place 
at the altar, shall begin thus: 

Let us pray : 

Meet us, Lord, in all our doings, with Thy most 
gracious favor, and further us with Thy continual 
help; that in all our works begun, continued, and 
ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and 
finally by Thy mercy attain unto everlasting life; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here the Candidate for Ordination, his name being distinctly an- 
nounced, shall be requested to present himself before the altar j where- 
upon the Minister shall address the Congregation, as follows : 

Dearly Beloved m the Lord: Almighty God, 
whom it hath pleased by His Spirit and word to 
gather and preserve to Himself continually, out ot 
the whole human race, a Church chosen to everlasting 
life, hath given to all the members of the same, both 
ministers and people, a common interest in its wel- 
fare. For this reason, it hath ever been the practice, 
that in the ordination of those who have been called 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



215 



to the office of the holy Ministry, the people also 
should have an opportunity to express their voice. 
Now, therefore, in order that we may be assisted in 
the case before us by your knowledge and past ob- 
servation of him who is here present for admission 
to this office, we call upon you, to the end that if you 
know any just cause or impediment, because of which 
he ought not to be ordained to the Christian Ministry, 
you do come forward in God's name, and make it 
known. 

If no objection be offered, after a sufficient pause, he shall address 
the Candidate, and say: 

Dearly Beloved Brother : It is now our part, sol- 
emnly and for the last time, before proceeding to lay 
upon you irrevocably the burden and responsibility 
of the holy Ministry, to remind you how great is the 
dignity of the office, and how weighty and momentous 
also are the duties which it involves. 

The office is of divine origin, and of truly super- 
natural character and force; flowing directly from the 
Lord Jesus Christ Himself, as the fruit of His resur- 
rection and triumphant ascension into heaven, and 
being designed by Him to carry forward the purposes 
of His grace upon the earth, in the salvation of men 
by the Church, to the end of time. 

All power, we hear Him saying after He had risen 
from the dead, is given unto Me in heaven and in 
earth; Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptiz- 
ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all 
things whatsoever I have commanded you : and lo, I 
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. 



216 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



To this answers in full what is written also by St. 
Paul : Wherefore He saith, When He ascended up on 
high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto 
men. Now that He ascended, what is it but that He 
also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 
He that descended is the same also that ascended up 
far above all heavens, that He might fill all things. 
And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; 
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 
for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the mi- 
nistry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all 
come in the unity of the faith, and of the Son of God, 
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature 
of the fulness of Christ. 

Consider well, dear brother in Christ, how much 
all this means, as declaring and setting forth the true 
nature and significance of the holy office. The first 
Ministers were the Apostles, who were called and 
commissioned immediately by Jesus Christ Himself. 
They in turn ordained and set apart other suitable 
men, as pastors and teachers over the churches which 
they had gathered and established in different places ; 
and these again, in the same way appointed and sent 
forth others to carry onward and forward still the 
true succession of this office ; which, being regularly 
transmitted in this way from age to age in the Christ- 
ian Church, has come down finally to our time. The 
solemnity of ordination, through which this trans- 
mission flows, is not merely an impressive ceremony, 
by which the right of such as are called of God to 
the Ministry is owned and confessed by the Church ; 
but it is to be considered rather as their actual inves- 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



217 



titure with the very power of the office itself, the 
sacramental seal of their heavenly commission, and 
a symbolical assurance from on high, that their con- 
secration to the service of Christ is accepted, and 
that the Holy Ghost will most certainly be with them 
in the faithful discharge of their official duties. 

These duties are of the same order with the high 
origin of the office, and its glorious design. The 
Ministers of Christ are set in the world to be at once 
the representatives of His authority, and the ambas- 
sadors of His grace. As My Father hath sent Me, 
He says, even so send I you. He that heareth you, 
heareth Me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth 
Me ; and he that despiseth Me, despiseth Him that 
sent Me. Let a man so account of us, says St. Paul, 
as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the 
mysteries of God. Again : We are ambassadors for 
Christ, as though God did beseech you by us. To 
them it belongs to baptize, to preach the word, to ad- 
minister the holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 
They are appointed to wait upon and serve the 
Church, which is the spouse of Jesus Christ, His body 
mystical ; to offer before Him the prayers and sup- 
plications of His people; to feed, to instruct, to watch 
over and guide the sheep and lambs of His flock, 
whom He hath purchased with His own blood. They 
are charged also with the government of the Church, 
and with the proper use of its discipline, in the way 
both of censure and absolution, according to that 
awfully mysterious and solemn word : I will give un- 
to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and 
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be Abound 

19 



218 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, 
shall be loosed in heaven. 

Such being the character of the office to which you 
are now called, beloved brother in the Lord, and such 
the high and arduous nature of its duties, it is easy 
to see with what seriousness and godly fear, with 
what solemn forethought, with what holy caution, 
you should approach unto it, as you are now doing, 
in the present transaction ; and with how great care 
and study also you ought to apply yourself, that you 
may appear hereafter to have been worthy of being 
put into the Christian Ministry, by being found faith- 
ful to its mighty trust. Know, at the same time, 
that for this you are by no means sufficient of your- 
self. All proper sufficiency here is from God alone ; 
to whom therefore you should pray earnestly, through 
the mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for 
the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost; that giv- 
ing yourself wholly to this office, with daily medita- 
tion, and study of the Scriptures, you may be able to 
make full proof of your ministry, being nourished up 
in the words of faith and good doctrine, and showing 
yourself a pattern to others in piety and godly living. 
In doing this, thou shalt both save thyself, and them 
that hear thee. And when the Chief Shepherd shall 
appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth 
not away. 

And now, that this congregation of Christ may al- 
so understand your views and will in these things, 
and that you may yourself also the more feel the 
binding force of what you thus publicly profess and 
promise, we call upon you to make answer plainly to 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



219 



these following questions, which we now propose to 
you in the name of God and of His Church. 

Do you receive the Holy Scriptures as being the 
true and proper word of God, the ultimate rule and 
measure of the whole Christian faith ? 

Ans. I do. 

Do you believe in one God the Father; and in one 
Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the 
Father ; and in one Holy Ghost, proceeding from the 
Father and the Son, and with the Father and the 
Son one God Almighty ? 

Do you believe the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Son of God, whereby being perfect God 
He became also perfect Man; suffered for our salva- 
tion, descended into hades, rose again from the dead, 
and now sitteth at the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty, from whence He shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead ? 

And do you believe in one holy catholic Church, 
in which is given one true Baptism for the remission 
of sins? 

Ans. I do. 

Do you receive the confessional system of the Hei- 
delberg Catechism as being in harmony with the 
Bible, and the ancient Christian Creeds ? 



Ans. I do. 



220 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



Are you truly persuaded in your heart, that you 
are called of God to the office of the holy Ministry, 
and do you desire and expect to receive, through the 
laying on of our hands, the gift and grace of the 
Holy Ghost, which shall enable you to fulfil this 
heavenly commission and trust ? 

Ans. Such is my persuasion, and such my desire 
and hope. 

Do you acknowledge the rightful authority of this 
Church, from which you are now to receive ordi- 
nation, as being a true part in the succession of the 
Church Catholic ; and do you promise to exercise 
your ministry in the same with faithful diligence, 
showing all proper regard for its laws and ordinances, 
and all suitable obedience to its lawful government 
in the Lord ? 

Ans. So I confess, and so I promise. 

Here the Candidate shall be directed to kneel; the Ministers shall 
lay their right hands severally upon his head, and the presiding Min- 
ister shall say ; 

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Chief 
Shepherd and Bishop of the Church, and trusting in 
the power of His grace, we ordain, consecrate, and 
appoint you to the Ministry of reconciliation, to pro- 
claim His gospel, to dispense His holy Sacraments, 
to administer Christian discipline in His Church, and 
to be wholly set apart as an instrument to His use 
in the salvation of our fallen race, and to this end 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



221 



may the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, rest upon and abide with 
you always. Amen. 

He shall then rise, when each of the Ministers in turn shall give 
him the right hand of fellowship, saying: 

We give you the right hand of fellowship, to take 
part with us in this Ministry. 

Or this : 

Our fellowship is with the Father, and with the 
Son, and with the Holy Ghost. 

Or this: 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of 
God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, 
be with you always. 

When the new Minister is to be installed at the same time as Pastor 
of the Charge in which he is ordained, the Installation services shall 
now go forward according to the form provided for that purpose. If 
there be no Installation, the presiding Minister shall here say: 

Let us pray, beloved brethren, to God the Father 
Almighty, that He may be pleased to multiply His 
heavenly gifts upon this His servant, whom He hath 
called to the office of the holy Ministry, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then kneeling down: 

Almighty God, most merciful Father, who of Thine 
infinite goodness hast given Thine only Son Jesus 
Christ to be our Redeemer, and the Author of ever- 

19* 



222 



ORDINATION OF MINISTERS. 



lasting life ; who after that He had completed our 
redemption, and was ascended into heaven, poured 
down His gifts abundantly upon men, making some 
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pas- 
tors and teachers, for the edifying and perfecting of 
His body the Church ; send down, we beseech Thee, 
the anointing of the Holy Ghost upon the head of 
this Thy servant, who has now been set apart in 
Thy name, through the solemn act of ordination, to 
the office of teacher and ruler in Christ's Church. 
Grant unto him, most merciful Father, such ful- 
ness of Thy grace, that he may be a faithful and 
wise steward whom Thou settest over Thy house- 
hold, using the authority Thou givest him, not unto 
destruction, but unto salvation ; that he may be an 
able minister of the New Testament, knowing how 
he ought to behave himself in the house of God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
dividing the word of truth ; that he may be a true 
preacher of righteousness; a faithful leader of the 
blind, and of them that are out of the way ; a light 
unto those who are in darkness; a watchful guardian 
over Thy fold, and a follower of the true Shepherd 
who giveth His life for the sheep. Make his feet 
beautiful to publish the gospel of peace, and to bring 
glad tidings of good things. Give him power to 
preach not himself, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and 
himself the servant of all for Jesus' sake. May he 
be an example of the believers, in word, in conver- 
sation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. So 
may he in all things fulfil his ministry unblamably 
and unreprovably in Thy sight, that he may be pre* 



INSTALLATION OF AN ORDAINED MINISTER. 223 

pared to stand without shame before the judgment 
seat of Christ, and thus, finishing his course with 
joy, be received unto glory and immortality in Thine 
eternal kingdom, where they that turn many to 
righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and 
ever. Hear us for the sake of Jesus Christ Thy Son 
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and 
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

The Congregation shall then rise and join in singing a Doxology, 
after which the whole service shall be concluded with this Benediction : 

The God of peace, who brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good work to do His will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing in His 
sight, through Jesus Christ : to whom be glory for 
ever and ever. Amen. 



INSTALLATION OF AN ORDAINED MINISTER IN A 
PARTICULAR CHARGE. 



Immediately after the Ordination of the new Minister, if this take 
place on the same occasion, or in any other case after the sermon, the 
presiding Minister, having taken his place at the altar, shall address 
the Congregation as follows : 

Dearly Beloved in the Lord : You have called 
N. N., now present, an ordained Minister (or, who 
has now been ordained a Minister), to become your 
Pastor. He has consented to accept the call. After 



224 



INSTALLATION OF 



full inquiry and deliberation, the Classis of M. 
under whose supervision and care you stand, has re- 
solved that the proposed settlement ought to take 
place ; and being here accordingly, by its appoint- 
ment and order, at the present time, for that purpose, 
we now proceed to institute and install him, in the 
name of the Lord, as the Pastor of this Charge. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, by whose holy inspiration and 
guidance, Thine Apostles, in the first days of Thy 
Church, did, for the fulfilling of their charge, ordain 
others also, who, under them, might take part in the 
care and government of Thy flock ; grant, we beseech 
Thee, that all those who are placed by Thine author- 
ity over the several congregations of Thy people, 
may be endowed with Thy heavenly grace, and may 
so faithfully serve Thee in their office and administra- 
tion, and watch over the souls under their charge, 
that at the appearing of our Lord J esus Christ, they 
may present the people committed to their care a 
holy and glorious flock, giving an account of them 
with joy, and not with grief ; through the same our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and abideth with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

Then shall he read, either the whole or some part of, the following 
passages of Scripture. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by 
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, 
the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by 



AN ORDAINED MINISTER. 



225 



the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter 
openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his 
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he 
putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the 
sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger 
will they not follow, but will flee from him : for they know 
not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto 
them : but they understood not what things they were which 
he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers : but the 
sheep did not hear them. I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 
and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good 
shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own 
the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth 
the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, 
and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and 
know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father 
knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I lay down my 
life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not 
of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my 
voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 

Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest 
thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son 
of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto 
him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, 
Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. 
Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, 
he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, 
the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, 
given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no 

P 



226 



INSTALLATION OF 



striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, 
not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house, having his 
children in subjection with all gravity; (for if a man 
know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care 
of the church of God?) not a novice, lest being lifted up 
with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. More- 
over he must have a good report of them which are without ; 
lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 

And from Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus, and called the 
elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he 
said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into 
Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 
serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many 
tears, and temptations, which befel me by the lying in wait 
pf the Jews: and how I kept back nothing that was profitable 
unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, 
and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and 
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward 
our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go bound in the 
spirit unto Jerusalem, not kno wing the things that shall befall 
me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, 
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of 
these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto my- 
self, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the min- 
istry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the 
gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that 
ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of 
God, shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to 
record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel 
of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the 
flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, 
to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his 
own blood. 

Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conver- 
sation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, 
give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neg- 
lect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by 
prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 
Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; 
that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, 
and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this 
thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 



AN ORDAINED MINISTER. 



227 



The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an 
elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a 
partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock 
of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not 
by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a 
ready mind; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but 
being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd 
shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth 
not away. 

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor 
among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you ; 
and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. 
And be at peace among yourselves. 

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have 
spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, con- 
sidering the end of their conversation ; Jesus Christ the same 
yesterday, and to-day, and forever. 

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit your- 
selves; for they watch for your souls, as they that must give 
account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: 
for that is unprofitable for you. 

The Congregation shall now rise, and the Pastor elect having pre- 
sented himself before the altar, the presiding Minister shall address 
him thus : 

And now, beloved brother in Christ, in full view of 
the great solemnity of the trust as it is thus set forth 
by the lively oracles of God, are you willing and 
ready to take upon yourself the charge of this flock? 

Ans. I am, God being my helper. 

Do you promise and engage, on your part, that 
being set as Pastor of this people, you will endeavor 
faithfully to discharge among them all the duties ot 
your ministry, exercising the authority you hold as a 
true commission from our Lord Jesus Christ, with 



228 



INSTALLATION OF 



becoming recollection of His presence, according to His 
commandments, and in due subjection to the rule 
that is over you in this church ? 

Ans. I promise so to do, with God's help. 

Then addressing the Church and Congregation, he shall say: 

Dearly Beloved : Ye have heard the solemn vows 
and engagements now taken by him whom you have 
called to be your Pastor ; now, then, we demand of 
you, do ye on your part receive him in this character 
and office, promising to show towards him such love, 
honor, and fit obedience in the Lord, as are due to an 
overseer and guide placed over you by the Lord Jesus 
Christ Himself, the Chief Shepherd and Bishop ot 
souls ? 

Ans. We do. 

On the ground of this mutual engagement, we do 
now, by the authority which has been delegated to 
us for that purpose, solemnly install you, N. N., as 
Pastor of this people, committing them by this act 
as a part of Christ's flock, to your spiritual oversight 
and care. In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then addressing the Congregation, the presiding Minister shall say : 

Let us pray, beloved brethren, to the Triune God, 
the fountain of all grace and glory, that He may be 
pleased to sanctify with His heavenly blessing, the 
Pastoral relation which has now been formed in His 
name. Amen. 



AN ORDAINED MINISTER. 



229 



/ Then kneeling down : 

Almighty God, most merciful Father, who of Thine 
infinite goodness hast given Thine only Son Jesus 
Christ to be our Redeemer and the Author of ever- 
lasting life ; who after that He had completed our 
redemption, and was ascended into heaven, poured 
down His gifts abundantly upon men, making some 
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pas- 
tors and teachers, for the edifying and perfecting of 
the Church ; send down, we beseech Thee, the Holy 
Ghost upon Thy servant, whom Thou hast been 
pleased now to set over this people in the office of 
Bishop and Pastor • and so replenish him with the 
truth of Thy doctrine, and endue him with innocency 
of life, that he may faithfully serve before Thee, to 
the glory of Thy great name, and the benefit of Thy 
holy Church; through Jesus Christ our only Mediator 
and Advocate. Amen. 

Holy Jesus, who hast purchased to Thyself an 
universal Church, and hast promised to be with the 
ministers of apostolic succession to the end of the 
world, be graciously pleased to bless the ministry and 
service of him who is now appointed to offer the 
sacrifices of prayer and praise to Thee in this house, 
which is called by Thy name. May the words of 
his mouth, and the meditation of his heart, be always 
acceptable in Thy sight, Lord, our strength and 
our Redeemer. Amen. 

And Thou, God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of 
the faithful, visit, we pray Thee, this Congregation with 

20 



230 INSTALLATION OF AN ORDAINED MINISTER. 

Thy love and favor; enlighten their minds more and 
more with the light of the everlasting gospel ; graft 
in their hearts a love of the truth ; increase in them 
true religion ; nourish them with all goodness ; and 
of Thy great mercy keep them in the same, bles- 
sed Spirit, whom with the Father and the Son to- 
gether we worship and glorify as one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

Then the Congregation shall rise, and join in singing a Doxology ; 
after which the whole service shall be concluded with this Benediction : 

The God of peace, who brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cov- 
enant, make you perfect in every good work to do 
His will, working in you that which is well pleasing 
in His sight, through Jesus Christ : to whom be glory 
for ever and ever. Amen. 



OEDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF ELDERS 
AND DEACONS. 



[When Elders only are to be set in office without Deacons, or Dea- 
cons only without Elders, such parts merely of the following form are to be 
used as relate to that particular case. So also, if the case calls for In- 
stallation only, all the persons elected to office having been previously 
ordained, there must be a like omission of what forms the Ordination 
act] 

After the Sermon, the Minister, having taken his place at the altar, 
shall say : 

Let us pray. 

Meet us, Lord, in all our doings with Thy most 
gracious favor, and further us with Thy continual 
help ; that in all our works, begun, continued, and 
ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and 
finally, by Thy mercy, attain everlasting life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here the persons to be set in office, their names being distinctly 
announced, shall be requested to present themselves before the altar; 
whereupon the Minister shall address the Congregation as follows: 

Dearly Beloved tx the Lord : These persons have 
been solemnly chosen and called by you, as a Chris- 
tian Congregation, to take part as Elders and Deacons 
in the care and service of this church. They have 
accepted your call. No one has come forward to 

231 



232 ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION 



urge any just objection to their being set in office. 
I therefore proceed, in the name of the Lord, to or- 
dain such of them as have not been ordained to the 
same degree before, and to set all of them apart, 
each in his own office, to the work of the ministry 
among you, and in ypur behalf. 

Then addressing the Candidates, he shall say : 

Brethren : As it is a great honor to bear office in 
the Lord's house, so is it at the same time also a high 
and solemn trust, which no one should take upon him 
rashly or lightly. For no such office, is of merely 
human origin or authority. There are diversities 
of gifts, and differences of administrations, in the 
Church; but all proceed from the same Lord, through 
the power of one and the same Spirit. Men may 
be chosen and - called to their particular ministry 
by the voice of their fellow-men ; but their minis- 
try itself comes to them, not from earth, but from 
heaven; not from the people they serve, but from God. 
Its rights and powers, its duties and responsibilities, all 
flow from that jurisdiction of Christ in His Church, 
which is the fruit of His glorious resurrection, and 
which is to be regarded as a new order of life and 
power in the world, extending with real unbroken 
succession, from the day of Pentecost onward contin- 
ually to the end of time. You may see thus how 
much is comprehended in your present ordination 
and induction into office ; and how needful it is that 
you should magnify your ministry, and make high 
account of its duties, as a service to be fulfilled unto 
God, and not simply unto men. 



OF ELDERS AND DEACONS. 



233 



Elders are appointed to assist and support the 
Ministers of the word in the general government of 
the Church. They form, with the Minister, in each 
particular ecclesiastical charge, a council in common 
for the spiritual supervision of the flock which is 
committed to their care. They are bound to take 
part, accordingly, in the work of the Ministry, so far 
as it has to do with this pastoral oversight and rule. 
They are to be the advisers and counsellors of the 
Minister in his episcopal trust; they are to be to him 
as hands and eyes, acting with him and for him, and 
representing his presence throughout the congregation. 
It is their province to go before the flock in the way 
of Christian example, to watch over it in the Lord, 
to take an active interest in its spiritual welfare, to 
feel a responsibility for its condition, to be at hand in 
all circumstances with spiritual aid for its necessities 
and wants. It belongs to them, in virtue of their 
office, to visit the sick and the afflicted, to instruct 
the ignorant, to admonish such as are out of the way, 
to warn the unruly, to command and rebuke with 
authority in Christ's name. To them, moreover, in 
conjunction with the Pastor, belongs the whole dis- 
cipline of the Church, its power of the keys, as 
exercised both in the form of censure and in the 
form of absolution. 

The office of Deacons has regard especially to the 
wants of the poor. To them it belongs, accordingly, to 
help the Pastor, and to supply his place, in those church 
ministrations which are directed immediately towards 
the more outward needs of the general household of 
faith. On them falls the honorable charge of looking 

20* 



234 



ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION 



after the desolate and poor, and of seeing that the 
charities of the Church are applied with proper effect 
to their weekly and daily wants. In this service, 
at the same time, they must not lose sight of the true 
spiritual character of their office ; which, however it 
may be thus occupied with outward and temporal 
things, remains always a proper branch of the Chris- 
tian Ministry, the last scope and purpose of which 
in all things can only be the* eternal salvation of men 
in the world to come. Hence it is that so much 
stress is laid, in the New Testament, on the character 
and life of those who are called to take part in this 
work. They must be men of honest report, full of 
the Holy Ghost and wisdom, who may be able, both 
by word and example, to help forward the great pur- 
pose of the Gospel, making their ministrations to the 
bodily necessities of the poor the occasion and means 
of a still better benefit to their souls. St. Paul also, 
writing on this subject, in his first Epistle to Timothy, 
requires of them expressly virtues and merits of like 
sort with those which are needful for the office of the 
Ministry in its most exalted character. 

And now, brethren, having well considered the 
nature and design of these sacred offices, to the use 
of which you have been called respectively by the 
voice of this Congregation, do you accept the call as 
coming to you from God, and are you willing to 
undertake the work and service it sets before you, in 
the name and for the glory of our common Lord and 
Master Jesus Christ ? 

Ans, Yes. 



OF ELDERS AND DEACONS. 



235 



Do you receive the Holy Scriptures as being the 
inspired word of God ? Do you consent to the ancient 
and primitive symbol commonly called the Apostles' 
Creed, as being a true expression of the foundation 
articles of the Christian Faith? And do you own the 
doctrines of the Heidelberg Catechism, as flowing 
from the Bible in the sense of the same Creed ? 

Ans. I do. 

Do you promise to exercise your ministry, as Elders 
or Deacons, among this people, with faithful diligence 
according to what you have now declared to be the 
rule and measure of your faith ; showing all proper 
regard for the lawful authority of the Church, and 
taking heed to your own lives, that you may adorn 
the gospel of God our Saviour by a walk and conver- 
sation answerable to the place you occupy in Christ's 
house ? 

Ans. I so promise, trusting in God's help. 

Here those who have not been#previously ordained to the office in 
which they are now called to serve, shall be directed to kneel ; where- 
upon the Minister shall proceed to ordain them, laying his right hand 
upon each one in succession, and saying: 

Take thou authority to execute the office of Elder 
[or, Deacon] in the Church of God ; which office I 
now solemnly commit unto thee, in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
Amen. 

Then shall they rise ; after which the Minister shall go on im- 
mediately to install, or clothe with actual charge in the Congregation, 
all who are before him for this purpose, both those now ordained, and 
any who may have been ordained before, making use of the following 
form : 



236 



ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION 



In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the 
authority belonging to me in His Church, I now in- 
stall you in the charge and service to which you 
have been called by this Congregation ; and may the 
blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost, rest upon you, abide with you, and strengthen 
you in your ministry always with all might through 
the Spirit, unto every good word and work. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty and most merciful God, our heavenly 
Father, w T ho hast been pleased of Thy great goodness, 
to call these Thy servants to office and power in Thy 
Church, send down upon them, we beseech Thee, the 
Holy Ghost ; by whose most blessed inspiration alone 
they can be made able to fulfill the ministry now com- 
mitted unto them, and to use rightly therein the gift 
of Thy manifold grace. Let every fruit of the Spirit 
appear and abound in them, to the ornament of the 
gospel and the glory of Thy great name. Make them 
wise and faithful, humble,, tender, modest, and yet 
bold, constant, patient, and persevering in their ap- 
pointed work. In all their walk and conversation 
may Thy precepts shine forth; that, holding the 
testimony of a good conscience, they may abide in 
Christ firm and steadfast, and show forth a good ex- 
ample unto all Thy flock. So may they purchase to 
themselves a good degree and great boldness in the 
faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 



OF ELDERS AND DEACONS. 



237 



The Congregation shall now join in singing a Doxology, after which 
the whole service shall be concluded with this Benediction : 

The God of peace, who brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cov- 
enant, make you perfect in every good work to do 
His will, working in you that which is well pleasing 
in His sight, through Jesus Christ : to whom be glory 
for ever and ever. Amen. 



EXCOMMUNICATION AND EESTOEATION. 



EXCOMMUNICATION. 

[If any member give offence to the Church by open sin, he shall 
first be admonished by the Minister, or an Elder privately; and after- 
wards, if he does not amend, in the presence of one or more witnesses. 
The admonition may be repeated, according to the nature of the case. 
If this discipline fail of its end, the offender is to be suspended, or sepa- 
rated from the use of the sacraments, and the prayers of the Congrega- 
tion requested on his behalf. Should he still persist in his errors and 
sins, the proper steps shall be taken for his excommunication. 

If, however, the offence be one of more than ordinary heinousness, 
the offender may be excommunicated, after due examination of the 
case, without previous admonition and suspension.] 

The time having been announced beforehand, and the people exhort- 
ed to intercede with God, if by any means the offender may be brought 
to true repentance, the solemn act of Excommunication shall take place, 
in presence of the assembled congregation, as follows. The Minister, 
standing at the altar in company with the Elders, shall say: 

Dearly Beloved m the Lord. : We have on sev- 
eral occasions made known to you, that N. N., a mem- 
ber of this church, has been leading an immoral and 
ungodly life [or, has been holding and teaching false 
doctrine — or, has been holding and teaching false doc- 
trine and leading an immoral and ungodly life], and 
has thus by his sin given great offence to the Church 
of Christ, to the end that by your prayers to God on 
his behalf, he might be brought to repentance, and so 
be freed from the bonds of the Devil. According to 



EXCOMMUNICATION. 



239 



the command of our Lord, we have kindly told him 
his fault, both alone and in the presence of one or two 
witnesses ; we have warned him of the end of his 
heinous offences against God and the Church, and ad- 
monished him to repent. But it is with deep sorrow 
of heart we announce to you, that thus far we have 
received no evidence of true repentance and refor- 
mation of life. On the contrarv, he has hardened his 
heart, and daily increases his guilt by continuing in 
stubborness and disobedience. 

Wherefore, in order that this corrupt member may 
not endanger the whole body, and that the name of 
God be not blasphemed among us through him, we 
are now in duty bound, by the command of our Lord, 
to proceed to the use of the last remedy, and cut him 
off from the communion of the Church. 

We, therefore, the Minister and Elders of this 
church, assembled in the name and by the authority 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, do hereby announce to you 
all that N. N., because he will not forsake his sin, is 
excommunicated from the Church of God ; he is sep- 
arated and cut off from the communion of saints, and 
from the use of the Sacraments, so long as he con- 
tinues impenitent. 

Moreover, we admonish you, dearly beloved, that 
you hold no fellowship with this person, so that he 
may be led to a deep sense of his fall and separation 
from the Church of Christ. We beseech you, how- 
ever, not to treat him as an enemy ; but admonish 
him and pray for him, that he may be brought to re- 
pentance, and restored to the communion of the 
Church. Remember also that ye yourselves are be- 



240 



EXCOMMUNICATION. 



set by temptation ; and let the fall of this man be an 
example unto you, and a warning of your danger. 

Ye have seen how he began to depart from the 
ways of truth and righteousness, and by degrees fell 
away more and more into error and sin, until Satan 
led him captive at his will. Observe, therefore, how 
cunning the great adversary of souls is, in leading 
men to destruction. The Devil, as a roaring lion, 
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. Where - 
fore, let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest 
he fall. Be sober ; watch and pray, lest ye enter into 
temptation. Let every one be truly sorrowful for 
his sins, that God may not humble us again by the fall 
of any other member of this church. Beloved bre- 
thren, let your fellowship be with the Father, and with 
His Son J esus Christ; and be ye steadfast, unmovable, 
always abounding in the work of the Lord. 

Let us pray. 

Righteous God, most merciful Father, we be- 
wail our sins before Thy most high Majesty, and con- 
fess that we have deserved the sorrow and pain which 
we have felt in the separation of a member from Thy 
Church. For Christ's sake, be Thou gracious unto 
us ; forgive our iniquities, over which we mourn ; and 
work in our hearts a godly sorrow for sin, that we 
may fear the judgments which Thou dost send upon 
the stiff-necked and rebellious. And as Thou hast no 
pleasure in the death of the sinner, but wilt have all 
men to be converted and live ; and as the door of Thy 
Church is always open to those who return to Thee 
with true penitence; we pray, most merciful Father, 



EXCOMMUNICATION. 



241 



for grace to walk before Thee in all holiness, and with 
humility and love to admonish Mm, upon whom this 
judgment has now come, that through Thy good Spirit, 
he may be brought to repentance, and restored to Thy 
favor. May we soon have cause to rejoice over Mm 
for whom we now have sorrow of heart, that Thy 
name may be praised, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen, 



21 



Q 



RESTORATION. 



When an exco imunicated person asks to be restored to the com- 
munion of the Church, the Minister and Elders shall make diligent in- 
quiry into his state of mind and manner of life; and if Ae give sufficient 
evidence of being truly penitent, the Minister shall make the following 
announcement to the Congregation, at least one week before the time 
appointed for his restoration. 

Beloyed in the Lord : It is my privilege to an- 
nounce to you to-day, that N. N., who was cut off 
from our communion, has, by this remedy, as also by 
good admonitions and your Christian prayers, come 
so far, that, being ashamed of his sins, he now desires 
to be restored to the fellowship of the Church. 

We have made diligent inquiry into his spiritual 
state and manner of life, and have good reason to be- 
lieve that he has forsaken his wickedness, and turns 
to the Lord with a broken and a contrite heart. Since 
then, we are in duty bound, by the command of God, 
to receive such persons with joy, and yet it is necessary 
to proceed herein according to good order, we do 
hereby make known to you that we propose, on [Here 

the Minister shall name the time,] to loose him from the 

bond of excommunication, and restore him to the 
fellowship of the Church ; except any one of you may 
know any just cause why this ought not to be done ; 



RESTORATION. 



243 



in which case it will be your duty to give us notice 
thereof in due time. Meanwhile, let every one thank 
the Lord for the mercy shown to this erring brother, 
and beseech Him to perfect His work in him to his 
eternal salvation. Amen. 

At the appointed time, if no impediment be alleged, the Penitent 
coming forward, shall kneel before the altar, and the Minister, standing 
in company with the Elders, shall say to the Congregation : 

Beloved Brethren : We have, on a previous oc- 
casion, informed you of the repentance of N.N., who 
was cut off from our communion, in order, that with 
your knowledge and approval, he might be restored 
to the fellowship of the Church. And inasmuch as 
no one has, in the meantime, brought any charge 
against him, we now proceed to his formal and sol- 
emn restoration. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ declares that whatsoever 
His ministers shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in 
heaven ; whereby He gives us to understand that, 
when any person is excommunicated from the Church, 
he is not at once cut off thereby from all hope of 
being saved, but may again be loosed from the bonds 
of condemnation. And as God declares in His word, 
that He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, 
but that the wicked turn from his way and live, the 
Church always hopes for the conversion of her back- 
slidden children, and keeps her bosom open for those 
who truly repent. Accordingly, the holy Apostle 
Paul commands that the Corinthian offender, who by 
his direction had been cut off from the Church, 
should be again received and comforted, lest perhaps 



244 



RESTORATION. 



such a one might be swallowed up with overmuch 
sorrow. 

Our Lord teaches us also, that such absolution, 
being pronounced according to the word of God, is by 
Him accounted sure and firm : for Christ saith, 
Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 
them. Wherefore no one, who truly repents, ought 
to doubt in the least that he is assuredly received by 
God in mercy. 

Then, addressing the Penitent, he shall say: 

Now, therefore I ask thee, N. N., dost thou declare 
with all thy heart, before God and His Church, that 
thou art sincerely sorry for the sin and stubbornness 
for which thou hast been justly excommunicated, 
and dost thou desire to be restored to the communion 
of the Church of Christ, and promise henceforth to 
live in all godliness, according to the command of 
the Lord ? 

Arts. I do. 

Then the Minister shall further say: 

And now, in the name and by the authority of 
Christ and His Church, I announce to you the pardon 
of your sins ; release you from the bond of excom- 
munication ; receive you and restore you to the fel- 
lowship of Christ, the communion of saints, and the 
use of the holy Sacraments. The God of all grace ? 
who hath had pity upon you, and who hath given 
you repentance unto life, confirm you therein unto 
the end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



RESTORATION. 



245 



Here the Penitent shall rise : 

Seeing then, beloved brother, that God hath received 
3^ou into grace, be careful to watch henceforward 
continually, that Satan, the world, and your flesh, 
may not cause you to fall again into sin. Bring forth 
fruits meet for repentance ; and, as God has forgiven 
you much, love Him much, and walk before Him in 
newness of life. 

And ye, brethren, receive this penitent with joy 
and tenderness; praise God for his return, and rejoice 
ye with the angels of heaven over this sinner who 
comes to-day to repentance ; for he was dead and is 
alive again, he was lost and is found. Since God has 
forgiven and received him, let no one despise him; 
look no longer upon him as a stranger, but love him 
as a brother, and count him a fellow-citizen with 
the saints, and of the household of God. But let 
each one also profit by the example of his fall. Put 
on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to 
stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle 
not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of 
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 
Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil da\, 
and having done all to stand. 

Let us return thanks unto the Lord. 

gracious God, our heavenly Father, we thank 
Thee through Jesus Christ Thy Son, that it hath 
pleased Thee to grant unto our brother, who is here 

21* 



246 



RESTORATION. 



present, repentance unto life, and to give us occasion 
to rejoice over his conversion. We beseech Thee to 
ratify in heaven, that which we have now done in 
his behalf on the earth. May he be more and more 
assured in his heart of the pardon of his sins, that 
thereby he may be comforted and animated for Thy 
service. Restore unto him the joy of Thy salvation; 
and let Thy free "Spirit uphold him, that he may walk 
in Thy ways steadfastly all the days of his life. As 
he has offended many by his sins, so may he edify 
many by his conversion. And grant us all grace, we 
beseech Thee, that we may learn from this example 
to hold sin in abhorrence, and to fear Thee. Deliver 
us in the hour of temptation. Suffer none of us to 
draw back, nor to fall into sin, and dishonor Thy 
Church ; but help us to hold fast our profession, and 
abide faithful unto the end, that we may receive the 
crown of life. All which we ask through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
be honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 

Then the Minister addressing him, shall say : 

Depart in peace. 



VISITATION AND COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 

When any one is sick, notice thereof shall be given to the Minister, 
or, if any circumstance prevent his attendance, to one of the Elders of 
the Church, who, coming to the sick person, shall carefully inquire 
into his spiritual state. 

[If the sick person be not baptized, he shall be immediately instruct- 
ed as to his duty in this respect, and urged to become obedient to the 
faith, and enter into covenant with God. To this end the following 
Scripture passages shall be read and explained to him : Matt, xxviii. 
18-20; Mark xvi. 16; John iii. 5; Acts ii. 38-41; Eom. vi. 3-12; 
Gal. iii. 27 ; Col. ii. 12; Titus iii. 5; 1 Peter iii. 21. If the sick person 
give evidence of true repentance and faith, the Minister shall baptize 
him in the presence of one or more Elders of the Church.] 

When the necessary examination has been made, and the proper 
instructions and exhortations have been given, the Minister, or Elder, 
shall say: 

Dearly Beloved: Be fully persuaded that Al- 
mighty God is the Lord of life and of death, and that 
all His creatures are so in His hands, that without 
His will they cannot so much as move. Wherefore, 
know certainly that this is God's visitation, coming 
not by chance, but by His fatherly hand. Know 
also that He will make whatever afflictions He sends 
upon us in this vale of tears, if they be received in 

247 



248 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



the right spirit, and used in the right way, turn out 
to our advantage : for He is able to do it, being Al- 
mighty God, and willing also, being a faithful Father. 

That your present afflictions may be sanctified to 
you, humble yourself with continual repentance for 
all your sins under the mighty hand of God. 
Acknowledge His faithfulness and love, and endeavor 
to bear your sickness with true Christian patience, 
trusting in His mercy through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
Kesign yourself wholly to His will, while you look 
and wait for His salvation, either in your restoration 
to health, or in your translation to the joys of heaven. 

That you may be further instructed in regard to 
God's will concerning you in this your sickness, and re- 
ceive such encouragement and consolation as vou 
need, listen to those things which are written for our 
learning, that we, through patience and comfort of 
the Scriptures, might have hope. 

Here shall be read or repeated some suitable portions of Holy 
Scripture. The following are given for direction and help. 

I. 

Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble 
spring out of the ground. 

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth : therefore 
despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: for He 
maketh sore, and bindeth up : He woundeth, and His hands 
make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles : yea, in 
seven there shall no evil touch thee. 

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver ; I have 
chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

I will bring them through the fire, and will refine them as 
silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried : 
they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will 
say, It is My people : and they shall say, The Lord is my 
God. 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



249 



Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you 
as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of 
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him : for whom 
the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son 
whom He receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth 
with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the father 
chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof 
all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Fur- 
thermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected 
us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not much rather 
be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live? For 
they verily for a few days chastened us after their own plea- 
sure; but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of 
His holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to 
be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldetk 
the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are 
exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang 
down, and the feeble knees. 

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are 
not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be re- 
vealed in us. 

II. 

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept 
Thy word. Thou art good, and doest good ; teach me Thy 
statutes. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that 
I might learn Thy statutes. I know, Lord, that Thy 
judgments are right, and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflict- 
ed me. Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful kindness be for my 
comfort, according to Thy word unto Thy servant. Let Thy 
tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for Thy law 
is my delight. 

We glory in tribulations also ; knowing that tribulation 
worketh patience ; and patience, experience; and experience, 
hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which 
is given unto us. 

We are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be con- 
demned with the world. 

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward 
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 



250 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh 
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; 
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the 
things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are 
temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 

III. 

The Lord is my Shepherd ; I shall not want. He maketh 
me to lie down in green pastures : He leadeth me beside the 
still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the 
paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I 
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear 
no evil : for Thou art with me ; Thy rod and Thy staff they 
comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the pre- 
sence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; 
my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall fol- 
low me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord forever. 

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle 
were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not 
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Eor in this we 
groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house 
which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall 
not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do 
groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, 
but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of 
life. Now He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing 
is Grod, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we 
are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for 
we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and 
willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present 
with the Lord. Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or 
absent, we may be accepted of Him. 

IV. 

For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. What I shall 
choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having 
a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



251 



For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my de- 
parture is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished 
my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid 
up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me 
only, but unto all them also that love His appearing. And 
the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will pre- 
serve me unto His heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

V. 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive 
me. 

God, who is like unto Thee ! Thou, which hast showed 
me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt 
bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 

For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is 
life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the 
morning. 

For the Lord will not cast off forever: but though He 
cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the 
multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, 
nor grieve the children of men. 

For a small moment have I forsaken Thee; but with great 
mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face 
from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will 
I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For 
the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but 
my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the 
covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath 
mercy on thee. 

Then the Minister, or Elder, shall pray with and for the sick person, 
slowly and distinctly rehearsing, in the first place, the Apostles' Creed, 
using afterward one or other of the following prayers, as the case may 
require, and closing with the Lord's Prayer. 

A General Prayer for the Sick, 

Lord God, in whose hand is the soul of every 
living thing, and the breath of all mankind ; regard 
with tender compassion this Thy servant, whom it 



252 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



hath pleased Thee to visit with bodily affliction and 
disease. Be graciously near to him in the hour of 
his need. Grant unto Mm, we beseech Thee, true re- 
pentance for all his sins, a firm and steady trust in 
the merits of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, and grace to be 
in perfect charity with all men. Enable him to cast 
all his cares on Thee, and to yield himself with child- 
like submission to Thy righteous will. 

God of all power and grace, bless, we entreat 
Thee, the means used for Ms recovery, rebuke the 
violence of disease, and raise him up from his bed of 
pain, that being delivered by Thy compassion he may 
walk before Thee in newness of life. But if, most 
wise and merciful Father, this sickness should be 
unto death, grant him, we humbly implore Thee, a 
comfortable release from all his sufferings. Let the 
arms of Thine everlasting love be around him, and, 
when flesh and heart shall fail, be Thou the strength 
of his heart and his portion for evermore : through 
the mediation and merits of Thy Son, Jesus Christy 
our Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer for a Side Person not prepared for Death. 

Most merciful Saviour, who, when hanging on the 
cross, didst grant repentance and faith to the dying 
thief, and hast assured us in Thy holy word, that 
Thou desirest not the death of the sinner, but that 
whosoever cometh unto Thee Thou wilt in no wise 
cast him out ; look down, we beseech Thee, in tender 
compassion upon him, who now looks up to Thee 
from his bed of suffering and distress. Lamb of God, 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



253 



that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy 
upon him. Hear his prayer and wash him from his 
sins in Thy most precious blood. Give him strength 
against all his temptations and heal the maladies of 
his soul. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench 
the smoking flax. Shut not up Thy tender mercies 
in displeasure; but make him to hear of joy and 
gladness, that the bones which Thou hast broken 
may rejoice. Deliver him from fear of the Enemy, 
and lift up the light of Thy countenance upon him, 
and give him peace. 

Hear us, merciful Saviour, who, with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer for a Sick Child, 
almighty God and merciful Father, to whom alone 
belong the issues of life and death; look down from 
heaven, we humbly beseech Thee, with the eyes of 
mercy upon this child, now lying upon the bed of 
sickness. Visit him, Lord, with Thy salvation, 
deliver him in Thy good appointed time from his 
bodily pain, and save his soul for Thy mercies' sake; 
that if it shall be Thy pleasure to prolong his days 
here on earth, he may live to Thee, and be an instru- 
ment of Thy glory, by serving Thee faithfully, and 
doing good in his generation; or else receive him into 
those heavenly habitations, where the souls of those 
who sleep in the Lord Jesus, enjoy perpetual rest and 
felicity. Grant this, Lord, for Thy mercies' sake, 
in the name of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



254 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



Prayer for a Departing Soul. 

Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of 
just men made perfect, we humbly commend our 
departing brother, into Thy hands, as into the hands 
of a faithful Creator and most merciful Saviour ; be- 
seeching Thee that his soul may be precious in Thy 
sight. Wash him, we pray Thee, in the blood of 
that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away 
the sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements 
he may have contracted in the midst of this miser- 
able and wicked world, through the lusts of the flesh 
or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, 
he may be presented pure and without spot before 
Thee. Vouchsafe to him a quiet passage, and guide 
him through the valley of the shadow of death. 
Place him in the habitations of light and peace, in 
the company of Thy saints and faithful people who 
are gone before; and in the resurrection of the just 
do Thou make him partaker of the heavenly inheri- 
tance; there to reign with Thy holy apostles, with 
the goodly company of prophets and martyrs, and 
with all Thy saints, in glory and blessedness, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

A Litany for the Dying. 

God the Father in heaven; have mercy upon us. 
Have mercy upon us. 

God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have 
mercy upon us. 

Have mercy upon us. 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



255 



God the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; have mercy 
upon us. 

Have mercy upon us. 

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences 
of our forefathers. Spare us, good Lord; spare Thy 
servant before Thee, whom Thou hast redeemed with 
Thy precious blood. 

Spare him, good Lord. 

From all evil and harm; from the power of sin, 
and the snares of the devil; from Thy wrath, and 
from everlasting damnation; 

Good Lord, deliver him. 

By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation; by 
Thine agony and bloody sweat; by Thy cross and 
passion; by Thy precious death and burial; by Thy 
glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the com- 
ing of the Holy Ghost: in the hour of death and in 
the day of judgment; 

Good Lord, deliver him. 

We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us. 
Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 

That it may please Thee to uphold him with Thy 
free Spirit; to grant him true repentance; to forgive 
him all his sins; to strengthen and confirm him in 
Thy grace; and to beat down Satan under his feet. 

We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

Son of God, Redeemer of the world; 
Hear us. 



256 



VISITATION OF THE SICK. 



Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the 
world; 

Have mercy upon Mm. 

Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the 
world; 

Grant Mm Thy peace. 

Lord God, our heavenly Father, who hast no 
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live, we heartily be- 
seech Thee to regard this sick person with an eye of 
compassion; suffer Mm not to be overwhelmed by 
any pains of body, or any anguish of soul ; but grant 
unto Mm in this world Thy pardon and peace, and in 
the world to come life everlasting; through the 
abounding merits and the glorious mediation of J esus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



[If any member of the Church, through sickness or infirmity, be not 
able to come to the house of Grod, and yet is anxious to receive the 
Communion, it may be administered to him privately; in which case, 
timely notice thereof must be given to the Minister. One other person 
at least should commune with the sick ; and one or more of the Elders 
ought to be present. 

The Sacrament may also be administered to sick persons who have 
not been communicants, provided they have proper views of its nature, 
right dispositions of heart, and are first baptized and confirmed.] 

The elements having been placed upon a decently covered table, the 
Minister shall say : 

Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, 
and from the Lord J esus Christ. Amen. 

Dearly Beloved in the Lord: Forasmuch as in 
the providence of God, you are deprived of the privi- 
lege of receiving the Holy Communion in the church, 
and your heart nevertheless longs for the enjoyment 
of this blessing and grace, be encouraged and com- 
forted by the words of the Lord Jesus : Where two 
or three are gathered together in My name, there am 
I in the midst of them. 

That you may not partake unworthily of this holy 
Sacrament, consider well, and lay rightly to heart, 

22* E 



258 



COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



the exhortation and warning of the Apostle Paul: 
Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of 
that Bread and drink of that Cup. For he that eat- 
eth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh 
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 

Hear also how St. John encourages those who are 
truly penitent, saying : If we confess our sins, He is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse 
us from all unrighteousness. 

And again it is written : If thou shalt confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy 
heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou 
shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth 
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. 

Then the Minister and all present shall kneel, and repeat the follow- 
ing Confession. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who dost ad- 
mit Thy people unto such wonderful' communion, that 
partaking of the Body and Blood of Thy dear Son, 
they should dwell in Him, and He in them; we un- 
worthy sinners, approaching to Thy presence, and 
beholding Thy glory, do abhor ourselves, and repent 
in dust and ashes. We have sinned, we have sinned, 
we have grievously sinned against Thee, in thought, 
in word, and in deed, provoking most justly Thy 
wrath and indignation against us. The remembrance 
of our transgressions and shortcomings fills us with 
sorrow and shame. Yet now, most merciful Father, 
have mercy upon us; for the sake of Jesus Christ, 



COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



259 



forgive us all our sins; purify us, by the inspiration 
of Thy Holy Spirit, from all inward uncleanness; 
enable us heartily to forgive others, as we beseech 
Thee io forgive us; and grant that we may ever here- 
after serve and please Thee in newness of life; to the 
honor and glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister rise, and pronounce to those assembled, still 
kneeling, the following Declaration of Pardon, 

Hearken now unto the comforting assurance of the 
grace of God, promised in the Gospel to all that re- 
pent and believe : As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that 
the wicked turn from his way and live. God so loved 
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

Unto as many of you, therefore, beloved brethren, 
as truly repent of your sins, and believe in the Lord 
Jesus Christ, with full purpose of new obedience, I 
announce and declare, by the authority and in the 
name of Christ, that your sins are forgiven in heaven, 
according to His promise in the Gospel, through the 
perfect merit of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then, all standing, the Minister shall say : 

Now join with us, whilst we, as many as are here 
present, make confession of our holy catholic faith. 



260 



COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son 
our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius 
Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He de- 
scended into hades; the third day he rose from the 
dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the 
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from 
thence He shall come to judge the quick and the 
dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of 
sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

M. Let us pray. 

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Here, if desirable, a hymn or psalm may be sung. 

If the elements have already been consecrated in the Church, the 
Minister shall proceed thus : 

The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was 
betrayed, took bread; and when He had given thanks, 



COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



261 



He brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is My Body 
which is broken for you; this (Jo in remembrance of 
Me. 

After the same manner also, He took the cup, when 
He had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testa- 
ment in My Blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, 
in remembrance of Me. 



[If the elements have not been consecrated in the Church, the Min- 
ister shali consecrate in manner and form as follows : 

The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was 

BETRAYED [here he shall take some of the bread into his hand s] 
TOOK BREAD; AND WHEN He HAD GIVEN THANKS, He 
BRAKE IT [here he shall break the bread] AND SAID, TAKE, 

eat; this is My Body, which is broken for you; this 

DO IN REMEBERANCE OF Me. 

AFTER THE SAME MANNER ALSO [here he shall take the cup 
into his hands] He TOOK THE CUP, WHEN He HAD SUPPED, 

saying, This cup is the New Testament in My 
Blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remem- 
brance of Me. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, send down, we 
beseech Thee, the powerful benediction of Thy Holy 
Spirit upon these elements of bread and wine, that being 
set apart now from a common to a sacred and mysti- 
cal use, they may exhibit and represent to us with 
true effect the Body and Blood of Thy Son, Jesus 
Christ; so that in the use of them we may be made, 



262 



THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



through the power of the Holy Ghost, to partake 
really and truly of His blessed life, whereby only we 
can be saved from death, and raised to immortality 
at the last day. Amen.'] 



In administering the elements, the Minister shall give first to those 
who communicate with the sick, and then to the sick person. 

Giving the bread, the Minister shall say : 

The bread which we break, is the Communion of 
the Body of Christ. 

Giving the cup, the Minister shall say: 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is the Com- 
munion of the Blood of Christ. 

When all have communed, the Minister shall say : 

Let us pray. 

Almighty and everlasting God, we give Thee most 
hearty thanks for the great goodness Thou hast shown 
toward us at this time, in vouchsafing to feed us, 
through these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food 
of the most precious body and blood of Thy Son, our 
Saviour Jesus Christ; assuring us thereby, that we 
are very members incorporate in the mystical body 
of Thy Son, and heirs through hope of Thine ever- 
lasting kingdom, by the merits of His most blessed 
death and passion. And we most humbly beseech 
Thee, heavenly Father, so to assist us with Thy 
grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, 



THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 



263 



and do all such good works as Thou hast prepared 
for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to 
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

The Minister shall close the service with this Benediction: 

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and 
love of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord; 
and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and re- 
main with you always. Amen. 



THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



THE BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 

The Minister, going before the corpse, on entering the church and 
passing slowly along the aisle or, if there be no service in the church, 
on entering the graveyard, shall solemnly say: 

I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; 
he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in 
Me, shall never die. 

None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to 
himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord, 
and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether 
we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's : for to this 
end Christ both died and rose, and revived, that He 
might be Lord both of the dead and living. 

And now is Christ risen from the dead, and become 
the first fruits of them that slept. 

death, where is thy sting? grave, where is 
thy victory? Thanks be to God, which giveth us 
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. 

[If the service be not held in the church, the following office as far 
as to the rubric directing the funeral to proceed to the grave, shall be 
omitted.] 

264 



BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 265 

Then, the Minister having taken his place at the altar, and all stand- 
ing, the Ninetieth Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows: 

Minister* Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place 
in all generations. 

Congregation. Before the mountains were brought 
forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the 
world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou 
art God. 

M. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, 
Return, ye children of men. 

C. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as 
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 

M. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they 
are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass 
which groweth up. 

C. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; 
in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

M. For we are consumed by Thine anger, and 
by Thy wrath are we troubled. 

C. Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our 
secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. 

M. For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath : 
we spend our years as a tale that is told. 

C. The days of our years are three score years and 
ten; and if by reason of strength they be four score 
years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is 
soon cut off, and we fly away. 

23 



266 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



M. Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? even 
according to Thy fear, so is Thy wrath. 

€• So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Here the following Lesson (1 Cor. xv. 20-58,) shall be read. 

Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first- 
fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by 
man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam 
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every 
man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward 
they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the 
end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, 
even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and 
all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath 
put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under 
his feet. But when he saith, All things are put under him, 
it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things 
under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto 
him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him 
that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, 
if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for 
the dead? 

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by 
your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die 
daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts 
at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let 
us eat and drink ; for to-morrow we die. Be not deceived : 
evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to right- 
eousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of 
God : I speak this to your shame. 

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and 



BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 



267 



with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou 
sowest is not quickened, except it die : and that which thou 
sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, 
it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : but God giveth 
it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own 
body. All flesh is not the same flesh : but there is one kind 
of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and 
another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies 
terrestrial : but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory 
of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, 
and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars : 
for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is 
the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is 
raised in incorruption : it is sown in dishonor ; it is raised in 
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is 
sown a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body. There is 
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is 
written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the 
last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was 
not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and 
afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the 
earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As 
is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy : and as is the 
heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we 
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh 
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth 
corruption inherit incorruption. 

Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but 
we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an 
eye, at the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the 
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mor- 
tal must put on immortality. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, 



268 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be 
brought to pass the saying that is written. Death is swallowed 
up in victory. death, where is thy sting ? grave, where 
is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of 
sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my be- 
loved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abound- 
ing in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your 
labor is not in vafin in the Lord. 

Then the Minister shall say : 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of 
those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom 
the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from 
the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; we 
give Thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all 
those Thy servants, who, having finished their course 
in faith, do now rest from their labors. And we be- 
seech Thee, that we, with all those who are de- 
parted in the true faith of Thy holy name, may have 
our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and 
soul, in Thy eternal and everlasting glory; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

thou ever-blessed Mediator, who wast dead, but 
livest forever, of whom the whole family in heaven 
and earth is named, and who hast knit all Thy saints 
in one communion unto life eternal, in that mystical 
body of which Thou art the glorious and ever-living 
Head; grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed saints, 
who have gone before us, in the faith and fellowship 



BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 269 

of Thy holy Church, that we may come to those un- 
speakable joys, which Thou hast prepared for all that 
love Thee, from the foundation of the world. Amen. 

Holy and ever-blessed Spirit, who art one with 
the Father and the Son, and who dwellest in all Thy 
saints, to comfort and quicken them; comfort us, we 
beseech Thee, in the prospect of death, with the hope 
of the resurrection of the just, and abide in us, that 
these mortal bodies may be quickened, and fashioned 
like unto our Saviour's glorious body, according to 
the working whereby He is able even to subdue all 
things unto Himself. Amen. 

Holy and adorable Trinity, Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost, Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier of our 
bodies and souls, we humbly confess our sins, and ac- 
knowledge them as the cause of our misery and 
death; and that, on account of our sins, Thou art 
justly displeased. Yet, through infinite mercy in 
Jesus Christ, we implore Thee, blot out our trans- 
gressions, wash us from our iniquity, and cleanse us 
from our sin. Lord God most holy, Lord most 
mighty, holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver 
us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Amen. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: 
shut not Thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare 
us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, holy and 
merciful Saviour, Thou most worthy Judge eternal, 
suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, 
to fall from Thee. But keep us in everlasting fel 

23* 



270 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



lowship with the Church triumphant, and let us rest 
together in Thy presence from our labors; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

Here may follow a short Sermon or Exhortation; after which the 
Minister shall say : 

Let us pray. 

Almighty and most merciful God, the consolation 
of the sorrowful, and the support of the weary, who 
dost not willingly grieve or afflict the children of 
men ; look down in tender love and pity, we beseech 
Thee, upon Thy servants, the bereaved household, 
whose joy is turned into mourning; and according to 
the multitude of Thy mercies be pleased to uphold, 
strengthen, and comfort them, that they may not 
faint under Thy fatherly chastening, but find in Thee 
their strength and refuge; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory for ever. Amen. 



After which the funeral shall proceed to the grave. 



BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 271 

At the grave, when the coffin has been let down, the Minister shall 
say : 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall 
stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though 
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my 
flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and 
mine eyes shall behold, and not another. 

I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, con- 
cerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, 
even as others which have no hope. For if we be- 
lieve that Jesus died and rose again, even so them 
also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; 
blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, who by the death of Thy Son Jesus 
Christ hast destroyed death; by His rest in the tomb 
hast sanctified the graves of the saints; and by His 
glorious resurrection hast brought life and immortality 
to light, so that all who die hi Him abide in hope as to 
their bodies, and in joy as to their souls; receive, we 
beseech Thee, our unfeigned thanks for that victory 
over death and the grave which He has obtained for 
us and for all who sleep in Him; and keep us who 
are still in the body, in everlasting fellowship with 
all that wait for Thee on earth, and with all that are 
around Thee in heaven, in union with Him who is 
the Resurrection and the Life : who liveth and reign- 



272 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



eth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, in 
His wise providence, to take out of this world the 
soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his 
body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, 
dust to dust: looking for the general resurrection in 
the last day, and the life of the world to come; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, 
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may 
rest from their labors; and their works do follow 
them. 

Let us pray. 

31. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
C. Christ, have mercy upon us. 

3L Lord, have mercy upon us. 
C. Christ, hear us. 

M. Lord God, the Son, in the bosom of the Father, 
Saviour of the world; 
C. Be gracious unto us. 

31. By Thy human birth; by Thy prayers and 
tears; by all the troubles of Thy life; by the grief 
and anguish of Thy soul; by Thine agony and bloody 
sweat; by Thy bonds and scourgings; by Thy crown 
of thorns; by Thine ignominious crucifixion; by Thy 



BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 273 

sacred wounds and precious blood; by Thine atoning 
death; by Thy rest in the grave; by Thy glorious 
resurrection and ascension; by Thy sitting at the 
right hand of God; by Thy power to save; 
C. Hear us, and save us, Lord Jesus. 

M. Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 
the world; 

C. Have mercy upon us, and grant us Thy peace. 
Amen. 

After which the Minister shall close the service with the Apostolic 
Benediction. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost 2 be 
with you all. Amen. 



THE BUEIAL OF OHILDEEN. 



To be used at the grave. 

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and 
full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and 
is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and con- 
tinueth not. 

Jesus saith, Suffer the little children to come unto 
Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom 
of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not 
receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall 
not enter therein. 

Weep not, saith the Lord, the child is not dead, 
but sleepeth. If we believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will 
God bring with Him. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty God, who by the death of Thy Son Je- 
sus Christ hast destroyed death; by His rest in the 
tomb hast sanctified the graves of the saints; and by 
His glorious resurrection hast brought life and im- 
mortality to light, so that all who die in Him abide 
in hope as to their bodies, and in joy as to their 
souls; receive, we beseech Thee, our unfeigned 
thanks for that victory over death and the grave 
which He has obtained for us and for all who sleep 
in Him; and keep us who are still in the body, in 

274 



BURIAL OF CHILDREN. 



275 



everlasting fellowship with all that wait for Thee on 
earth, and with all that are around Thee in heaven, 
in union with Him who is the Resurrection and the 
Life: who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, in 
His wise providence to take out of this world the 
soul of this deceased child, we therefore commit his 
body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, 
dust to dust : looking for the general resurrection in 
the last day, and the life of the world to come. 
Amen. 

Let us pray. 

31. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
V. Christ, have mercy upon us. 

31. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
C. Christ, hear us. 

M. Lord God, the Son, in the bosom of the Father, 
Saviour of the world; 
C. Be gracious unto us. 

M. By Thy human birth; by Thy prayers and 
tears; by all the troubles of Thy life; by the grief 
and anguish of Thy soul; by Thine agony and bloody 
sweat; by Thy bonds and scourgings; by Thy crown 
of thorns; by Thine ignominious crucifixion; by Thy 
sacred wounds and precious blood; by Thine atoning 



276 



BURIAL OF CHILDREN. 



death; by Thy rest in the grave; by Thy glorious re- 
surrection and ascension; by Thy sitting at the right 
hand of God; by Thy power to save; 
C. Hear us, and save us, Lord Jesus. 

M. Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 
the world; 

C. Have mercy upon us, and grant us Thy peace. 
Amen. 

After which the Minister shall close the service with the Apostolic 
Benediction. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 



A BUEIAL SEEVICE. 



To be used at the grave. 

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full 
of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut 
down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the 
flower of the grass. In the morning it flourisheth, 
and groweth up: in the evening it is cut down and 
withereth. We are strangers before Thee, and so- 
journers, as were all our fathers : our days on earth 
are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. For 
what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appear- 
eth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 

In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may 
we seek for succor, but of Thee, Lord, who for our 
sins art justly displeased? 

Yet, Lord God most holy, Lord most mighty, 
holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : shut 
not Thy merciful ears to our prayers; but spare us, 
Lord most holy. O God most mighty, holy and 
merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, 
suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death 
to fall from Thee. 

The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the 
graves shall hear His voice, and come forth. Until 
that day of the glorious revelation of the great God 

24 277 



278 



A BURIAL SERVICE. 



and our Saviour, we commit this bodj^to the ground: 
earth to earth; ashes to ashes; dust to dust. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

M. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
C. Christ, have mercy upon us. 

M. Lord, have mercy upon us. 
€• Christ, hear us. 

M. Lord God, the Son, in the bosom of the Father, 
Saviour of the world; 
C. Be gracious unto us. 

M. By Thy human birth; by Thy prayers and 
tears; by all the troubles of Thy life; by the grief 
and anguish of Thy soul; by Thine agony and bloody 
sweat; by Thy bonds and scourgings; by Thy crown 
of thorns; by Thine ignominious crucifixion; by Thy 
sacred wounds and precious blood; by Thine atoning 
death; by Thy rest in the grave; by Thy glorious re- 
surrection and ascension; by Thy sitting at the right 
hand of God; by Thy power to save; 

C. Hear us, and save us, Lord Jesus. 

M. Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 
the world; 

C. Have mercy upon us, and grant us Thy peace. 
Amen. 

The Minister shall close the service with the Apostolic Benediction. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 



A SEEVICE TO BE USED AT SEA. 



The service shall begin with the singing of a Hymn; after which all 
shall kneel, and repeat the following Confession. 

Almighty and most merciful God, our heavenly 
Father, we cast ourselves down before Thee, under 
a deep sense of our unworthiness and guilt. We 
have grievously sinned against Thee, in thought, in 
word, and in deed. We have come short of Thy 
glory. We have broken Thy commandments, and 
turned aside every one of us from the way of life; 
and in us there is no soundness nor health. Yet 
now, most merciful Father, hear us when we call 
upon Thee with penitent hearts; and for the sake of 
Thy Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy upon us. Par- 
don our sins, and grant us Thy peace. Take away 
our guilt. Purify us, by the inspiration of Thy Holy 
Spirit, from all inward uncleanness; and make us 
able and willing to serve Thee in newness of life, to 
the glory of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Then a Lesson, taken from the u Order of Scripture Headings for the 
Family," shall be read. 

All standing up, shall now join in repeating the Apostles' Greed. 

279 



280 A SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA. 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into 
hades; the third day He rose from the dead; He as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall 
come to judge the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church ; the communion of saints ; the forgiveness 
of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life 
everlasting. Amen. 

After which the following prayers shall be used. 

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, Thine 
unworthy servants, do give Thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving-kind- 
ness to us, and to all men. We praise Thee for our 
creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this 
life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; 
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. 
And, we beseech Thee, give us such due sense of all 
Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly 
thankful, and that we may show forth Thy praise, 
not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up 
ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee 
in holiness and righteousness all our days; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the 



A SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA. 



281 



Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 



A Morning Prayer. 
Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever- 
lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the begin- 
ning of this day: defend us in the same with thy 
mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no 
sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all 
our doings, being ordered by Thy governance, may 
be righteous in Thy sight ; through J esus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



An Evening Prayer, 
Almighty and everlasting God, be pleased to watch 
over us this night, and to spread the wings of Thy 
protection about us. Lighten our darkness, and by 
Thy great mercy deliver us from all perils and dan- 
gers, from every adverse working of the devil, from 
idle thoughts and wicked imaginations. Bring us, 
we beseech Thee, in safety to the morning hours, 
that thou mayest receive our praise at all times; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



most powerful Lord God, King of kings, and 
Lord of lords, who alone ordainest the powers that 
be; take under Thy most gracious government and 
guidance, we beseech Thee, Thy servants, the Pre- 
sident of the United States, our Legislators and 
Judges, and all others in authority; and so enrich 
them with heavenly wisdom and grace, that they 
may attain Thine everlasting favor, and we lead 

24* 



282 



A SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA. 



quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness and ho- 
nesty; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the 
heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea, and hast 
compressed the waters with bounds, until day and 
night come to an end : be pleased to receive into Thine 
Almighty and most gracious protection the persons 
of us Thy servants, and the ship [or fleet] in which 
we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the deep, 
and from the violence of enemies; [that we may be a 
safeguard unto our country, and a security for such 
as do business in the mighty waters;] that in due 
season we may return to our homes with a thankful 
remembrance of our mercies; and that finally, having 
passed the sea of this troublous life, we may enter 
the haven of eternal rest, through Him, who is our 
only refuge and Saviour, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Here any other prayers may be introduced. 

Almighty God, who hast given us grace .at this 
time, with one accord to make our common supplica- 
tions unto Thee, and dost promise that where two or 
three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt 
grant their requests; fulfil now, Lord, the desires 
and petitions of Thy servants, as may be most expe- 
dient for them, granting us in this world knowledge 
of Thy truth, and in the world to come life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 



SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA. 



283 



Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 



PEAYEES AND THANKSGIVINGS FOR SPECIAL 
OCCASIONS AT SEA. 



On commencing a Voyage. 

most powerful Lord God, who didst carry the 
hosts of Israel through the sea, singing the praise of 
Thy name; let Thy grace, going before and attend- 
ing on our voyage, find for us a pathway upon the 
waters, and be to us our solace in setting sail; our 
guiding star on the way; our wand of peace among 
tempests; the shield of our defence against enemies; 
our harbor in shipwreck, and the anchor of our hope; 
that so we may come at length to the desired haven, 
both in this life and in the life immortal; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

During Storms at Sea. 

most glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwell- 
est in heaven, but beholdest all things below; look 
down, we beseech Thee, and hear us, calling out of 
the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this 
death, which is ready now to swallow us up: save, 
Lord, or we perish. The living, the living shall 
praise Thee. send Thy word of command to re- 
buke the raging winds and the roaring sea; that we, 

284 



PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS 



285 



being delivered from this distress, may live to serve 
Thee, and glorify Thy name all the days of our life; 
through the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, 
Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

In Time of War, 

Almighty God, Supreme Ruler and Governor 
of all things, who art a strong tower of defence to 
them that fear Thee, and whose power no creature 
is able to resist: unto Thee do we make our humble 
cry in this the hour of our country's need. To Thee 
it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be mer- 
ciful to those who repent. Save and deliver us, we 
humbly beseech Thee, from the hands of our ene- 
mies; abate their pride, assuage their malice, and 
confound their devices; that we, being armed with 
Thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all 
perils, to glorify Thee, who art the only Giver of all 
victory; through the merits of Thy Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

^Before a Fight at Sea, 
most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord 
of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things: 
Thou sittest on the throne, judging right, and there- 
fore we make our address to Thy divine Majesty in 
this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause 
into Thine own hand, and judge between us and our 
enemies. Stir up Thy strength, Lord, and come 
and help us : for Thou givest not alway the battle to 
the strong, but canst save by many or by few. 
let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; 



286 FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AT SEA. 



but hear us, Thy poor servants, begging mercy, and 
imploring Thy help, and that Thou wouldest be a 
defence unto us against the face of the enemy. 
Make it appear that Thou art our Saviour and 
mighty Deliverer; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A Thanksgiving for a Safe Voyage, 

Most gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all Thy 
works; we praise Thy holy name, that Thou hast 
been pleased to conduct us in safety through the 
perils of the great deep, and to bring us to the end 
of our journey in peace. May we be duly sensible 
of Thy merciful providence toward us, and ever ex- 
press our thankfulness by a holy trust in Thee, and 
obedience to Thy laws; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Storms. 

most merciful and mighty God, who at Thy 
pleasure raisest the winds and waves of the sea, 
or commandest them back to peace : we, Thy poor 
creatures, spared by Thy mercy to praise Thee, do 
give Thee unfeigned thanks, for that Thou heardest 
our cry when we were at the brink of death, and 
had given up all for lost, and didst not suffer us to 
sink in the devouring waters. And we here offer 
ourselves, our bodies and our souls, which Thou hast 
redeemed, to be a living sacrifice unto Thee of praise 
and thanksgiving, all the days of our lives; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



PEATERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 



287 



A TJianTcsgiving for Victory. 

Almighty God, the Sovereign Commander of all 
the world, in whose hands is power and might which 
none is able to withstand : we bless and magnify Thy 
great and glorious name for the happy victory where- 
with Thou hast crowned our arms, and the whole 
glory whereof we do ascribe unto Thee, the only 
Giver of victory. And, we beseech Thee, give us 
grace to improve this great mercy to Thy glory, the 
honor of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, to 
the good of all mankind : through Christ Jesus our 
Lord, to whom with Thee and the Holy Spirit, as 
for all Thy mercies, so in particular for this, be all 
glory and honor, world without end. Amen. 



BUEIAL OF THE DEAD AT SEA. 



The Office for the Burial of the Dead may be used, except that the 
following words shall be said on committing the body to the sea. 

Fokasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, in 
His wise providence, to take out of this world the 
soul of His deceased servant, we therefore commit his 
body to the deep; looking for the general resurrec- 
tion through our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose second 
coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the 
earth and the sea shall give up their dead, according 
to the mighty working whereby He is able to subdue 
all things unto Himself. 

A Trayer after Burial at Sea, 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in Thy 
perfect wisdom and mercy hast ended for Thy ser- 
vant departed the voyage of this troublous life; 
grant, we beseech Thee, that we, who are still to 
continue our course, amidst earthly dangers, tempta- 
tions and troubles, may evermore be protected by 
Thy mercy, and finally come to the haven of eternal 
salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



288 



PUBLIC EECEPTION OF IMMIGEANTS. 



As early as convenient after the arrival of Christian brethren from 
a foreign land, they shall come into the Church, on the occasion of a 
public service, or at any other time appointed for that purpose, to ren- 
der thanksgiving to God for His goodness in bringing them safely through 
the dangers of the sea, and that they may be publicly commended to 
the Christian fellowship and sympathies of the Congregation. Either 
at the beginning or the close of the regular service, at the discretion of 
the Minister, the newly- arrived brethren shall be invited to come for- 
ward and stand before the altar. Then the Minister shall announce to 
the Congregation their names, and at his discretion read such creden- 
tials as they may have brought from their fatherland, and give any in- 
formation he may possess concerning their previous life and Christian 
character. Whereupon, the Congregation standing, a part of the One 
Hundred and Seventh Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows: 

Minister. that men would praise the Lord for 
His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the chil- 
dren of men ! 

Congregation. And let them sacrifice the sacri- 
fices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with re- 
joicing. 

M. They that go down to the sea in ships, that 
do business in great waters; these see the works of 
the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. 

C. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy 
wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 



IF. They mount up to the heaven, they go down 

25 V 289 



290 PUBLIC RECEPTION OF IMMIGRANTS. 

again to the depths: their soul is melted because of 
trouble. 

C. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken 
man, and are at their wit's end. 

If. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and He bringeth them out of their distresses. 

C. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

M. Then are they glad because they be quiet; 
C. So He bringeth them unto their desired haven. 

M. that men would praise the Lord for His 
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the chil- 
dren of men ! 

C. Let them exalt Him also in the congregation 
of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the 
elders. 

Then the Minister, addressing the Congregation, shall say: 

Dearly Beloved : H^re, in the presence of the 
Lord, you behold Christian brethren, whom God in 
His merciful providence has preserved amid the perils 
of the great deep, and brought safely hither from a 
foreign land. Though strangers in the flesh, they 
are brethren in the spirit, fellow-citizens with the 
saints, and of the household of God, having obtained 
like precious faith with us, through the righteousness 
of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

As in the glorified Church in heaven, there are found 
before the throne praising God of all nations, and kin- 
dreds, and people, and tongues ; so also in the Church 



PUBLIC RECEPTION OF IMMIGRANTS. 



291 



on earth, there is no difference between one nation 
and another, but Christ is all, and in all. For as the 
body is one, and hath many members, and all the 
members of that one body, being many, are one body, 
so also is Christ. For by one spirit are we all bap- 
tized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles ; 
and have all been made to drink into one spirit. As 
St. Paul commended Phebe to the church at Eome, 
so we commend these brethren to you; and entreat, 
that ye receive them in the Lord, as becometh saints, 
and that ye assist them in whatsoever business they 
have need of you. Be not forgetful to entertain stran- 
gers; for thereby some have entertained angels un- 
awares. 

Then the minister, addressing the Brethren at the altar, shall say: 

Dearly Beloved : Though you are no more in your 
earthly fatherland, you are still in the land of your 
Heavenly Father. All lands and all nations are His; 
and He is as nigh to you here, as He was in the land 
whence ye came. He will still be faithful to you: be 
ye also faithful to Him. Give unto the Lord thanks- 
giving, and pay your vows unto the Most High. Trust 
in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself 
also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires 
of thine heart. And it shall come to pass, if thou 
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord 
thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments, 
that the Lord thy God will set thee on high, and all 
the blessings which He has promised shall come upon 



292 



PUBLIC RECEPTION OF IMMIGRANTS. 



thee, and overtake thee, and all the people shall see 
that ye are called by the name of the Lord. 

Then shall the Minister say : 

Let us pray. 

Lord, the God of all nations, and kindreds and 
people, who art no respecter of persons, but rich in 
mercy towards all who call upon Thee, and hast united 
all Thy children through Jesus Christ, in one house- 
hold of faith, and one communion of hope and love; 
we humbly commend to Thee these brethren, which 
have come to us from a far country, through Thy 
mighty hand and stretched-out arm; giving Thee most 
hearty thanks that Thou hast so mercifully protected 
them in their journey, amid perils by sea and land. 
Be pleased, Lord, to give them friends and homes 
in this land of their choice and adoption. Bless them 
in basket and in store; but above all, bestow upon 
them freely and constantly, the richer blessings of Thy 
grace, that they may live in Thy fear and favor, and 
at last reach in safety the better country, even the 
eternal fatherland of the saints in heaven : through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall bless them, saying: 

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee* 

The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be 
gracious unto thee: 

The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and 
give thee peace. Amen. 



LAYING OF A CORNEB STONE. 



The people being assembled at the place where the church is to be 
built, the Minister, standing near the corner stone, shall say : 

Dearly Beloved Brethren : It is meet and right 
that, in all our doings, we should beseech Almighty 
God for His most gracious direction and help ; but, 
especially, as we are now assembled to begin a house, 
which is to be set apart for His honor and service ; 
for the worship of His holy name, the preaching of 
His holy Gospel, and the administration of His holy 
Sacraments. Let us therefore devoutly look up to 
Him for assistance, protection and blessing. 

Let us pray. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always 
more ready to hear than we are to pray, and art 
wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; 
grant us, we beseech Thee, the fulness of Thy mercy. 
Prosper and bless the work which we have under- 
taken, that it may serve to promote Thy praise, and 
the honor of Thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

25* 293 



294 



LAYING OF A CORNER-STONE. 



Then the Ninety- Sixth Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows : 

Minister. sing unto the Lord a new song: sing 
unto the Lord, all the earth. 

Congregation. Sing unto the Lord, bless His 
name ; show forth His salvation from day to day. 

M. Declare His glory among the heathen, His 
wonders among all people. 

C. For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised ; 
He is to be feared above all gods. 

M. For all the gods of the nations are idols ; but 
the Lord made the heavens. 

Cm Honor and majesty are before Him : strength 
and beauty are in His sanctuary. 

Mm Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the peo- 
ple, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

C. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His 
name : bring an offering, and come into His courts. 

M. worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : 
fear before Him, all the earth. 

Cm Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth; 
the world also shall be established that it shall not 
be moved : He shall judge the people righteously. 

Mm Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be 
glad ; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

C Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : 



LAYING OF A CORNER-STONE. 295 



then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the 
Lord. 

M. For He conieth, for He cometh to judge the 
earth : 

Cm He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
and the people with His truth. 

Here, tlie inscription of the corner-stone being read, the Minister 
shall proceed to put into it the several articles which it is to contain, 
naming them as he does so one by one ; after which, the stone being 
laid in its place, the service shall proceed thus : 

M. Our help is in the name of the Lord; 
C. Who made heaven and earth. 

M. Except the Lord build the house; 
Cm They labor in vain that build it. 

Placing his hand upon the stone, the Minister shall then say: 

I here lay the corner-stone of a house, to be 

erected under the name of Church, and to 

be devoted to the worship of Almighty God. In the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister say : 

Let us now unite in confessing our holy Catholic 
faith. 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only-begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 



296 



LAYING OF A CORNER-STONE. 



was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into 
hades; the third day He rose from the dead; He as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall 
come to judge the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness 
of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life 
everlasting. Amen. 

Then shall he say : 

Let us pray: 

Blessed be Thy name, Lord, that it hath 
pleased Thee to put it into the hearts of Thy ser- 
vants to commence the erection of a house, in which 
Thy Name is to be worshipped, the glad tidings of 
salvation proclaimed, and Thy holy Sacraments ad- 
ministered. Prosper Thou us, Lord, in this our 
undertaking. Keep and preserve by Thy provi- 
dence unto the end the work, which is now begun in 
Thy fear. Excite the skill and animate the industry 
of the workmen. Shield them from all accidents 
and dangers. And grant unto them, and all of us 
here present, the influences of Thy divine Spirit, so 
that we may become in soul and body living temples 
of the Holy Ghost, and be prepared for that eternal 
city which hath foundations, whose builder and 
maker is God. All which we ask through the abun- 
dant merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



LAYING OF A CORNEK-STONE. 



297 



Here an address may be delivered. After which, a collection being 
made, the service shall be concluded with a Hymn and the Apostolic 
Benediction. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 



The Minister, having taken his place at the altar, shall say : 

Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then shall this Canticle be chanted, or said, as follows : 

Minister. Arise, Lord, into Thy rest; Thou, 
and the ark of Thy strength. 

Congregation. Let Thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy. 

31. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. 
Serve the Lord with gladness: enter into His 
gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with 
praise. 

C. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or 
who shall stand in His holy place ? 

31. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; 
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor 

sworn deceitfully. 

298 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 299 



C. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

M. Lift up your heads, ye gates; and be ye lift 
up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

C. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong 
and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

M, Lift up your heads, ye gates ; even lift them 
up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Cm Who is this King of glory ? The Lord of hosts, 
He is the King of glory. 

Then shall the Minister say : 

Let us pray. 

eternal God, mighty in power, and of majesty 
incomprehensible, whom the heaven of heavens can- 
not contain, much less the walls of temples made with 
hands, to Thee alone be praise and adoration, from 
all the hosts of heaven and all who dwell upon the 
earth. With joy and gratitude we are now assembled 
in this house, built to the honor of Thy great name. 
Send down upon us, we beseech Thee, Thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may lift up holy hands to Thee, and 
worship Thee with pure hearts. God, who art 
from everlasting to everlasting, hear us for the sake 
of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here the Scrivture Lesson, 1 Kings VIII, shall be read. 



300 CONSECRATION" OF A CHURCH. 



After this the Eighty-fourth Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows : 

M. How amiable are Thy tabernacles, Lord of 
hosts ! 

C. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the 
courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out 
for the living God 

M. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and 
the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay 
her young, even Thine altars, Lord of hosts, my 
King, and my God. 

C. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house : they 
will be still praising Thee. 

M. Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee, 
in whose heart are the ways of them. 

C. Who passing through the valley of Baca make 
it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 

M. They go from strength to strength, every one 
of them in Zion appeareth before God. 

C. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : give ear, 
God of J acob. 

Mm Behold, God our shield, and look upon the 
face of Thine anointed. 

Cm For a day in Thy courts is better than a thou- 
sand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house ot 
my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 



301 



M. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the 
Lord will give grace and glory : no good thing will He 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

Cm Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth 
in Thee. 

Then the Minister shall say : 

Dearly Beloved in the Lord : God, our heavenly 
Father, in all ages of the Church, has approved the 
acts of devout and holy men, who, moved either by 
His express command, or by the secret inspiration of 
His Spirit, have erected sanctuaries for His worship, 
and separated them from common use, that they 
might be sacred places, wholly consecrated to Himself. 
Animated by the pious example of those that have 
gone before us, sustained by the grace of God, and 
directed by His Spirit, we have built this house to the 
honor of His great name ; and we are now together 
before God, that we may, by a solemn act of worship, 
devote it to its intended use. 

Blessed be the Lord our God, who hath with His 
hand fulfilled the desires of our hearts, enabling us to 
build this house, where His name may be recorded, 
and His praise be made honorable, from generation to 
generation. Amen. 

Here, the Congregation rising, the Minister shall say : 

Let us now unite in confessing our holy catholic 
faith. 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth: 



302 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 



And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son our 
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born 
of the Virgin Mary ; suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into 
hades; the third day He rose from the dead; He as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come 
to judge the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness ot 
sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

The Minister shall then say : 

The Congregation who are here assembled, having 
erected this house for the worship of God, we now set 
it apart from all common and secular use, and, under 
the name of , do 

hereby consecrate it to the worship of the Triune God, 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Lord our God, there is no God beside Thee. 
Thou alone art worthy to receive adoration and praise; 
for Thou art holy, and all nations shall come to wor- 
ship before Thee, when they learn the joy of Thy 
salvation. We praise Thee, most merciful Father, 
for the foundation of Thy Church on earth; for Thy 
sacred oracles; for the ministry of Thy word; and for 
Thy holy sacraments. We give Thee thanks, that, 
by Thy providence, this house has been erected for 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 



303 



the worship of Thy name. Accept, we beseech Thee, 
the work of our hands. Let this house be the house 
of God. Here let Thy presence dwell and Thy glory 
be revealed. When Thy holy word is read and 
preached in this place, and the holy sacraments are 
administered, send down upon the congregation the 
dews of Thy heavenly grace. When Thy people 
bring to Thee their thanksgiving for the gifts of Thy 
providence, accept their offering and bless them, that 
their joy may be full. And when, in seasons of ca- 
lamity and distress, they humble themselves before 
Thee, and implore Thy mercy, hear Thou in heaven, 
and pity them; forgive their sins wherein they may 
have transgressed against Thee, and deliver them; 
or else comfort and support them under their trials, 
and sanctify unto them their affliction, that it may 
bring forth in them the fruits of salvation and peace. 

Hear us, we beseech Thee, God of all grace, 
Father of all light, and Fountain of all good. Let our 
prayer come up before Thee, and be acceptable, 
through the merit of Jesus Christ; and do unto us 
according to Thy great mercy and love. And unto 
Thee, the King eternal, immortal, and invisible ; who 
alone art mighty, wise, and good; who dwellest in 
light which no man can approach unto and live ; unto 
Thee be all glory, through Jesus Christ, in heaven 
and on earth, forever and ever. Amen. 

Then shall the Gloria in Excelsis be chanted or said. 

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, 



304 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 



we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks 
to Thee for Thy great glory, Lord God, heavenly 
King, God the Father Almighty. 

Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; 
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that 
takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon 
us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, 
have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin 
of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at 
the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; 
Thou only, Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most 
high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then the Minister, having taken his place in the pulpit, shall deliver 
the Sermon; after which the service shall proceed as in the regular ser- 
vice for the Lord's Day. 



CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 



The people being assembled on the ground, the Minister shall say : 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Thou ever blessed Mediator, who wast dead, but 
livest forever, of whom the whole family in heaven 
and earth is named, and who hast knit all Thy saints 
in one communion unto life eternal, in that mystical 
body of which Thou art the glorious and ever-living 
Head ; grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed saints, 
who have gone before us, in the faith and fellowship 
of Thy holy Church, that we may come to those un- 
speakable joys, which Thou hast prepared for all that 
love Thee, from the foundation of the world. Amen. 

The Minister shall now read the following Lessons. 

The First Lesson, {Gen. xxiii.) 
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years 
old : these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah 
died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Ca- 
ll 26 * 305 



306 CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 



naan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep 
for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and 
spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a 
sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place 
with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. And 
the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in 
the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall 
withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou may est bury 
thy dead. And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to 
the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And 
he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I 
should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat 
for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the 
cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his 
field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me 
for a possession of a burying place amongst you. And Eph- 
ron dwelt among the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hit- 
tite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of 
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave 
that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of 
my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. And Abraham 
bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he 
spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, 
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me : I will 
give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury 
my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, saying 
unto him, My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four 
hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? 
bury therefore thy dead. And Abraham hearkened unto 
Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which 
he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hun- 
dred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was 
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and 
all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the bor- 
ders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a pos- 
session in the presence of the children of Heth, before all 
that went in at the gate of his city. And after this, Abra- 
ham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach- 
pelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Ca- 



CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 307 



naan. And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made 
sure unto Abraham for a burying place by the sons of Heth. 

The Second Lesson, (1 Cor. xv., 12-26.) 

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how 
say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ 
not risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching 
vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found 
false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that 
he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that 
the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not 
Christ raised : and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; 
ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have 
hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now 
is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of 
them that slept. 

For since by man came death, by man came also the re- 
surrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in 
Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own 
order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's 
at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have 
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when 
he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his 
feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

Then the Ninetieth Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows : 

Minister, Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling- 
place in all generations. 

Congregation. Bifore the mountains were brought 
forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the 
world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art 
God. 

M. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, 
Return, ye children of men. 



308 CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 



C. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as 
yesterday when it is passed, and as a watch in the 
night. 

M. Thou earnest them away as with a flood; they 
are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass 
which groweth up. 

C. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; 
in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

M. For we are consumed by Thine anger, and by 
Thy wrath are we troubled. 

C. Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our 
secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. 

M. For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; 
we spend our years as a tale that is told. 

C. The days of our years are three score years 
and ten; and if by reason of strength they be four- 
score years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; 
for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. , 

M. Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? even 
according to Thy fear, so is Thy wrath. 

C. So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Then the Minister shall say: 

Dearly Beloved: The Holy Scriptures in divers 
places teach us to honor our bodies. God the Father 
has created them fearfully and wonderfully, and 
joined their destiny with that of our spirits. God 
the Son has honored them, by taking upon Him the 



CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 309 



form and fashion of a man in His glorious incarna- 
tion, so that His people are flesh of His flesh and 
bone of His bones. God the Holy Ghost honors them 
by dwelling in them as His temples. We are, more- 
over, assured that He who raised up Christ from the 
dead shall also quicken our mortal bodies by His 
Spirit that dwelleth in us; and we are encouraged to 
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who 
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned 
like unto His glorious body according to the working 
whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto 
Himself. 

With the whole Church of all ages, we believe in 
the resurrection of the body. I am the Resurrection 
and the Life, saith the Lord: he that belie veth in 
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Behold, 
saith the Apostle, I show you a mystery; we shall 
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a mo- 
ment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; 
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For 
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this 
mortal must put on immortality. 

Such being the honor bestowed upon the bodies of 
the saints, and such the promises graciously delivered 
unto us concerning them, it is most meet and right 
that the bodies of the departed which rest in hope 
should also rest in honor and peace. 

We are taught that the holy patriarch Abraham, 
the father of the faithful, when he was about to bury 
his dead out of his sight, bought a burying place, even 
the field of Machpelah. There he buried Sarah his 



310 CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 



wife : there he himself was buried : there they buried 
Isaac his son, and Rebecca his wife : and there after- 
wards they buried Jacob and Leah. We read, also, 
that Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, who 
waited for the kingdom of God, laid the precious 
body of Jesus in his own new tomb, which he had 
hewn out in the rock, and guarded it against desecra- 
tion by rolling a great stone to the door, and setting 
a seal upon it. 

Imitating this example of holy men, and led by the 
devout and tender spirit of the Church in all ages, we 
do now separate this ground from all common and 

secular use, and consecrate it under the name of 

, as a place of bu- 
rial and repose for the bodies of the dead, until the 
resurrection of the last day. In the name of the Fa- 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Let us pray 

Almighty God, who by the death of Thy dear Son 
Jesus Christ hast destroyed death ; by His rest in the 
tomb hast sanctified the graves of the saints; and by 
His glorious resurrection hast brought life and immor- 
tality to light, so that all who die in Him abide in 
hope as to their bodies, and in joy as to their souls: 
receive, we beseech Thee, our unfeigned thanks for 
that victory over death and the grave which He has 
obtained for us and for all who sleep in Him; and 
keep us who are still in the body, in everlasting fel- 
lowship with all that wait for Thee on earth, and 
with all that are around Thee in heaven, in union 



CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND. 311 



with Him who is the Kesurrection and the Life; who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

After which the Minister shall close the service with this Benedic- 
tion : 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
you all. Amen, 



A N 



ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



THE FAMILY. 



FIRST WEEK IN ADVENT. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

"Wednesday. 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 




SECOND LESSON. 

Proverbs viii; John i. 1-14. 
Genesis ii. 4-25. 
Matthew xix. 1-12. 
Ephesians v. 22-33. 
1 Corinthians vii. 
Genesis iii. 

" viii. 15 to ix. 17. 



SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday . 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday .... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Genesis xii 

" xiii 

" xiv 

" xv., xvi.... 

" xvii., xviii 

" xxi. 1-21., 

" xxii. 1-19. 



SECOND LESSON. 

Acts xvii. 15-34. 
Genesis xv. 
Deuteronomy v. 
Exodus xii. 
Deuteronomy xxvii. 
Romans vii. 
Leviticus xvi. 



THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday. 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 

Genesis xxiv., xxv. 1-11.. 

" xxv. 19-34, xxvi. 

" xxvii., xxviii 

" xxix. 1-35 

" xxx. 25-43, xxxi 

" xxxii., xxxiii 

" xxxv 



SECOND LESSON. 

Isaiah xl. ; John v. 

1 Peter i. 3-12. 

2 Samuel vii. 
Joel iii. 

Jeremiah xxiii. 

" xxxi. 
Isaiah Iii. 13, liii. 



312 



FOR THE FAMILY. 



313 



FOURTH WEEK IX ADYEXT. 



FIRST LESSON. 

Genesis xxxvii 

u xxxix.. xL 

" xli., xiii 

" xliii., xliy ! 

" xiy., xlyi 

" xlvii., xlviii 

« xlix. 1 | 



SECOND LESSON. 

John iii. 23-36; Lke i. 26-56. 
Isaiah xlii. 

" xlix. - • 

" It. 

" lviii. 

" lx. 

Christmas Eye : Is. xi. 1-10. 



CHRISTMAS WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON. 

Exodus i., ii 

" iii., iv 



Christmas D 



SECOND LESSON. 

Isa.ix.2-7. 



Hebrews i 
Psalm ii. 



Day after 

Christmas. j " ex. 

Sunday after f Romans v. 

Christmas. ( Col. i. 

-r-t ii f Isaiah xli. 

For the remain- u ^j. 

ing davs of n ... 
° „f \ Rom. mi. 

the ^ ear - 1 Cor. Tiii. 

I 1-6. 

Last Bay of the Year. Psalm xc. or ciii. 



T., Yi. 1-13 

Yi. 2S, yii., yiii 

ix., x., xi 

xii., xiii 

xiy., xy. 1-21 



XEW YEARNS WEEK. 



FIRST lesso>*. 



;ecoxd lessor. 



Exodus xy. 22, xvi., xvii.... New Year's f 1 Pet. ii. 12-19. 

" xyiii., xix., xxf..... Day, ( Luke ii. 22-40. 

" xxi., xxii., xxiii Eor the Week f Philip, ii. 1-11. 

" xxiy., xxy., xxyi... ; Days from | 1 Pet.iy. 12— 19. 

u xxvii., xxyiii., xxix. Xew Year to -J Ephes. iii. 

" xxx., xxxi., xxxii... Epiphany Psalm xxiy., 

" xxxiii., xxxiy | Sunday, { xcviii., cxly. 



EPIPHAXY WEEK. 



FIRST EES SOX. 



SECOND LESSON. 



Sunday | Numbers 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .. 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



i., ii., in , 

iy., t., Ti 

x., xi., xii., xiii 

xiy.. xv„ xyi., xvii. 

xx., xxi 

xxii., xxiii., xxiv... 
xxxi., xxxii 



Luke ii. 40-52 ; Johni. 29-34. 
John i. 3S-51. 

" ii. 

" iii. 

" iy. 

" T. 

" Ti. 1-25. 



27 



314 



AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



FIRST WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday .... 
AVednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday ... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Deuteronomy i., ii., iii. 







" vii. 


M 


vii., viii., ix.. 


" viii. 1-20. 






" viii. 21-50. 




xiii., xiv., xv. 


" ix. 


ft 




" x. 1-21. 


(< 




" x. 22-42. 



SECOND LESSON. 



John vi. 



SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. 

I FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday ... 



Deuteronomy xxvii 

" xxviii 

" xxix., xxx.... 

" xxxi 

" xxxii 

" xxxiii 

" xxxiv 



Mark i. 1-20. 

" i. 21-45. 

" ii. 

" iii. 1-19. 

" iii. 20-35. 

" iv. 

" v. vi. 1-16. 



THIRD WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. 



Sunday , 

Monday...... 

Tuesday...., 

Wednesday 
Thursday .., 

Friday , 

Saturday ... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Joshua i., ii, iii 

" iv., v , 

" vi., vii 

" viii., ix 

" x., xi., xii.. 

" xiii., xiv... 

" xxiii., xxiv. 



SECOND LESSON. 

Mark vi. 7-29. 

vi. 30-56. 

vii. 1-23. 
vii. 24-37. 
viii. 
ix. 

x. 1-31. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .. 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



FOURTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Judges i., ii., iii 

" iv., v 

" vi., vii., viii 

" ix., x., xi , 

" xiii., xiv., xv., xvi. 

Ruth i., ii 

" iii., iv , 



Matthew iii. 

" iv. 1-22. 



iv. 23 ; v. 1-12. 

v. 13-32. 
v. 33-48. 
vi. 

vii. 



FIFTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 

Tuesday 

Wednesday , 
Thursday .., 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 



1 Samuel i., ii..., 
iii., iv. 



v., vi 

vii., viii.. 
ix., x., xi. 
xii., xiii.. 
xiv., xv... 



SECOND LESSON. 

Matthew viii. 1-17. 

" viii. 17-34. 

" ix. 

" x. 

" xi. 

" xii. 

" xiii. 



FOR THE FAMILY. 



315 



SIXTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday ... 

Friday , 

Saturday 



Job i., ii 

" iii., iv., v 

" vi., vii., viii. 

" ix., x 

" xi 

" xii 

" xiii.. xiv 



SECOND LESSON. 

Matthew xiv. 

" XV. 

" xvi. 
" xvii. 
" xviii. 
" xix. 

xx. 1-16. 



SEPTUAGESIMA WEEK. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .. 
Thursday .... 

Friday 

Saturday 



FIRST LESSON. 

Job xv 

" xvi 

" xvii 

" xviii 

" xix 

" xx 

" xxi.. 



SECOND LESSON. 



Luke iii. 
" iv. 



V. 

vi. 1-19. 
vi. 20-49. 
vii. 
viii. 



SEXAGESIMA WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday , 

Wednesday .. 
Thursday .... 

Friday 

Saturday 



Job xxii 

" xxiii., xxiv.... 

" xxv 

" xxvi 

" xxvii., xxviii. 

" xxix., xxx...., 

" xxxi , 



SECOND LESSON. 

Luke ix. 1-36. 

" ix. 37-62. 

tt x. 

" xi. 1-36. 

" xi. 37— xii. 1-12. 

" xii. 13-59. 

" xiii. 1-21. 



QULNQUAGESLMA WEEK. 



Sunday 

Monday , 

Tuesday 

Wednesday. 
Thursday .... 

Friday 

Saturday 



FIRST LESSON. 



Job xxxii., xxxiii... 

" xxxiv., xxxv... 

" xxxvi., xxxvii. 

" xxxviii 

" xxxix 

" xl., xii 

" xiii. 



SECOND LESSON. 



Luke xiii. 22-35. 
xiv. 
xv. 
xvi. 

xvii. 1-19. 

xvii. 20-37. 

xviii. 1-30. 



FIRST WEEK IN LENT. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday , 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 

1 Samuel xvi., xvii., xviii... 

xix., xx 

xxi., xxii 

xxiii., xxiv 

xxv., xxvi., xxvii. 

xxviii., xxix 

xxx., xxxi 



SECOND LESSON. 

John xii. 20-37 ; Luke xviii. 31 — 
Luke xix.29— xx.1-18. [xix.1-28 

" xx. 9 — xxi. 1-4. 

" xxi. 5-35. 

" xxii. 1-30. 

" xxii. 31-71. 

" xxiii. 



316 



AN ORDER OP SCRIPTURE READINGS 



SECOND WEEK IN LENT. 



Sunday , 

Monday 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .., 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIEST LESSON. 

Samuel i., ii 



iv., v 

vi., vii., viii. 

ix., x., xi 

xii 

xiii., xiv 



SECOND LESSON. 

Mark x. 32-52. 

" xi. 

" xii. 

" xiii. 

" xiv. 1-54. 

" xiv. 55 — xv. 1-15. 

" xv. 16-47. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday ..... 
Wednesday , 
Thursday .., 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



THIRD WEEK IN LENT. 



FIRST LESSON. 



2 Samuel xv. 
" xvi 



XVII. 

xviii , 

xix. , xx..., 
xxi., xxii. 

xxiii 

xxiv 



SECOND LESSON. 



Matthew xx. 17-33. 

" xxi. 

" xxii. 

" xxiii. 

" xxiv. 1-31. 

" xxiv. 32-51. 

" XXV. 



FOURTH WEEK IN LENT. 



Sunday 

Monday ..... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 

1 Kings i., ii 

" iii., iv , 

" v., vi. ....... 

" vii 

" viii , 

" ix., x , 

" xi 



SECOND LESSON. 

Matthew xxvi. 1-13. 

" xxvi. 14-35. 

" xxvi. 36-56. 

" xxvi. 57 — xxvii.1-2. 

" xxvii. 3-31. 

" xxvii. 32-50. 

" xxvii. 51-66. 



FIFTH WEEK IN LENT. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday ..... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .., 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 

1 Kings xii., xiii., xiv. 

" xv., xvi 

" xvii., xviii 

" xix., xx 

" xxi., xxii 

2 Kings i., ii., iii , 

" iv 



SECOND LESSON. 



John xi. 
" xii. 



xiii. 1-30. 

xiii. 31 — xiv. 

xv. 

xvi. 

xvii. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday .... 
Wednesday , 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday...., 



HOLY WEEK. 

FIRST LESSON. 

2 Kings v., vi 

" vii., viii. 1-15 

" viii. 16 — ix., x 

" xi., xii 

" xiii., xiv 

" XV 

" xvi., xvii 



SECOND LESSON. 

Lamentations. 
Hebrews viii. 

" ix. 

" x. 
John vi. 

Luke xxiii. 32-49. 
Hebrews iv. 



FOR THE FAMILY. 



317 



EASTER WEEK. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 

Tuesday 

Wednesday . 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday 



FIRST LESSOR. 



Joel i. 



« 



11. 



" 111... 
Jonah i... 
" ii.. 
" iii. 



IV 



SECOND LESSON. 

Matthew xxviii.; John xx. 1-18. 
Luke xxiv. 1-12; 2 Cor. xiii. 
Acts ii. 22-47. 
1 Corinthians xv. 
Romans vi. 

" viii. 
1 Corinthians iii. 



FIRST WEEK AFTER EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Amos i., ii... 
iii., iv. 



v. ... 

vi. .. 

vii. . 
viii. 
ix... 



SECOND LESSON. 

John i. 



111. 
iv. 



vi. 1-40. 
vi. 41-71. 



SECOND WEEK AFTER EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Hosea i., ii., iii., 

" iv., v , 

" vi., vii...„ 

" viii., ix... 

" x., xi 

" xii , 

" xiii., xiv. 



SECOND LESSON. 

John vii. 

" viii. 1-30. 

" viii. 31-59. 

" ix. 

" x. 

" xi. 

" xii. 



THIRD WEEK AFTER EASTER. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Zechariah ix., x. 

" xi 

Micah i., ii., iii.. 

" iv., v 

" vi 

" vii 

Nahum 



SECOND LESSON. 



John xiii., xiv. 

" XV. 

" xvi., xvii. 

" xviii. 

" xix. 

" XX. 

" xxi. 



FOURTH WEEK AFTER EASTER. 

FIRST LESSON. SECO> 



Sunday 

Monday .... 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



2 Kings xviii 

" xix 

2 Chronicles xxix 

" XXX 

2 Kings xx., xxi 

2 Chron. xxxiii; 2Kingsxxii., 
2 Kings xxiv., xxv....[xxiii. 

27* 



Hebrews i., ii. 

" iii., iv. 

" v., vi. 

" vii. 

" viii. 

" ix. 

" x. 



318 



AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



ASCENSION WEEK. 



Sunday , 

Monday ..... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON, 

Zephaniah i 

" ii 

" iii 

Habakkuk i 

" ii. 1-4... 

" ii. 5-20,. 

" iii 



SECOND LESSON. 

Hebrews xi. 

" xii. 

" xiii. 
J ohn xiv. 

Colossians ii. — Ephesians ir. 
John xv. 
" xvi. 



THE WEEK BEFORE WHITSUNTIDE. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday , 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday..,. 



Zechariah xii... 
" xiii. 
" xiv. 

Obadiah 

Psalm lxxvi.... 
" cxviii... 
" cxlv 



SECOND LESSON. 



1 John i. 

" ii. 

" iii. 

" iv. 

" v. 
Joel iii. 
John xvii. 



WHITSUNTIDE. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Isaiah vi. 
i... 



vii., viii. l-£ 



SECOND LESSON. 

Exodus xix. — Gal. iii., iv.1-7. 
Galatians v. — 1 Corinth, xii. 
Romans xii. 

1 Corinthians xiii. 
Romans vi. 19 — vii. 

" viii. 

2 Corinthians v. 



TRINITY WEEK. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 

Tuesday 

Wednesday , 
Thursday ... 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



Isa: 



FIRST LESSON. 

viii. 9— ix. 1-8.... 

ix. 9— x. 1-4 

xiv. 24 — xv., xvi. 

xvii., xviii 

xix., xx 

xxii 

xxiii 



SECOND LESSON. 



Acts i., ii. 
" iii. 
" iv. 



vi. 
vii. 
viii. 



FIRST WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday .... 
Wednesday , 
Thursday ... 

Friday , 

Saturday 



Isa 



ah xxiv., xxv. 

xxvi 

xxvii 

xxviii 

xxix 

xxx 

xxxi 



SECOND LESSON. 

1 Peter i., ii. 1-10; Acts ix. 
Acts x. 
" xi. 
" xii. 
1 Peter ii. 11— iii. 1-17. 
" iii. 18— iv. 1-16. 
" iv. 17— v. 



FOR THE FAMILY. 319 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



SECOND WEEK AFTER TRINITY". 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Isa 



iah xxxii 

xxxiii 

xxxiv 

xxxv 

x. 5 — xi 

xii 

xxxviii., xxxix. 



James i. ; 2 Peter i. 1-11. 
2 Peter i. 12, ii., iii. 
James ii. 

" iii. 

" iv. 

" v. 
Jude. 



THIRD WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Jeremiah i. 



v 

vi 

xxii. 1-23. 



SECOND LESSON. 

Acts xiii. 1-12. 

" xiii. 13-52. 

" xiv. 

" xv. 

" xvi. 

" xvii. 1-14. 

" xvii. 15 — xviii. 11. 



FOURTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Jeremiah vii... 

" viii. 

* " ix... 

" x.... 

" xi... 

" xii.. 

" xiii . 



SECOND LESSON. 

1 Thessalonians i. 

" ii. 1-16. 

" ii. 17, iii. 

" iv. 

v. 

2 Thessalonians L, ii. 1-12. 

" ii. 13, iii. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday , 
Thursday ... 

Friday , 

Saturday 



FIFTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Jeremiah xiv. 

xv. 
xvi. 



xvii. . 
xviii. 

xix. .. 

xx. ... 



SECOND LESSON. 

Galatians i. 1-10. 

Acts xviii. 12, xix. 1-10. 

Galatians i. 11, ii. 1-14. 

" ii. 15, iii. 1-14. 

" iii. 15. 

" iv. 

" v., vi. 



SIXTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Jeremiah xiv., xlvi. 
" xlvii 



xlviii , 

xlix 

xxv 

xxvi 

xxxv., xxxvi. 



SECOND LESSON. 



1 Corinthians i. 
" ii. 



iii. , iv. 1-4. 

iv. 5, v. 1-8 

v. 9, vi. 
vii. 

viii., ix. 



320 



AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



SEVENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday ..... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .., 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



Jeremiah xxii., 
" xxiv. 



xxix... 
xxi — 
xxvii.. 
xxviii. 
L, li. .. 



SECOND LESSON. 



1 Corinthians x., to xi. 1. 





xi. 2. 




xii. 1-30. 




xii. 31, xiii. 


(I 


xiv. 




xv. 1-34. 


(( 


xv. 35, xvi. 



EIGHTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 

Tuesday .... 

Wednesday 
Thursday .. 
Friday ...... 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Jeremiah xxxii. . 
" xxxiii. 



xxxiv... 
xxxvii.. 
xxxviii. 
xxxix. ., 
xl., xii.. 



SECOND LESSON. 

Acts xix. 11, xx. 1. 
2 Corinthians i. 1-22. 

" i. 23, ii. 

" iii., iv. 1-6. 

" iv. 7 to v. 10. 

" v. 11, vi., to vii. 

" vii. 2. [1. 



Sunday 

Monday 
Tuesday ..... 
Wednesday , 
Thursday ... 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



NINTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

SECOND LESSON. 



Jeremiah xlii 

" xliii , 

" xliv , 

" xxx., xxxi. 
Lamentations i., ii.... 

" iii 

" iv., v.. 



2 Corinthians viii. 

" ix. 

" x. 

" xi. 

" xii. 1-18. 

" xii. 19, xiii. 
Acts xx. 1-3. 



TENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



Sunday , 

Monday 
Tuesday ..... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



FIRST LESSON. 

Ezekiel 




SECOND LESSON. 

Romans i. 1-17. 
" i. 18-31. 
« ii. 
". iii. 
" iv. 
" v. 1-11. 
v. 12-21. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday .... 
Wednesday . 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday 



ELEVENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Ezekiel xiii., xiv 

" xv.., xvi 

" xvii., xviii., xix. 

" xx 

u xxi 

" xxii 

" xxiii 



SECOND LESSON. 



Romans vi. 
" vii. 



viii. 1-15. 

viii. 16-39. 

ix. 1-13. 
ix. 14-33. 
x. 



FOR THE FAMILY. 



321 



TWELFTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



Ezekiel xxiv , 
" xxv. , 



XXVI., XXV11. 

xxix 

xxx 

xxxi 

xxxii 



SECOND LESSON. 



Romans xi. 
" xii. 



X1U. 

xiv. 

xv. 1-13. 

xv. 14-33. 
xvi. 



Sunday , 

Monday ..... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



THIRTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Ezekiel xxxiii. 
" xxxiv. 



xxxv. ..., 
xxxviii. 
xxxix. . 

xxxvi. . 

xxxvii. . 



SECOND LESSON. 



Acts xx. 
" xxi. 



XXII., XX111. 

xxiv., xxv. 
xxvi. 
xxvii. 
xxviii. 



FOURTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



Sunday ...... 

Monday .... 

Tuesday 

Wednesday . 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



FIRST LESSON. 



Isaiah xiii., xiv. . 

" xxi. 1-10. 

" xl 

" xli 

" xlii 

" xliii 

" xliv 



SECOND LESSON. 

Ephesians i. 1-14. 

« i. 15, ii. 1-10. 

" ii. 11, iii. 

« iv. 1-17. 

" iv. 18. 

" v., vi. 1-9. 

" vi. 10. 



Sunday 

Monday ..... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday , 

Saturday...., 



FIFTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Isaiah xiv., xlvi. 

" xlvii 

" xlviii 

" xlix. 9-13.... 

" xlix. 14— 1.3. 

" 1. 4 

" li., Iii. 1-12. 



Colossians i. 

" ii., iii. 1-4. 

" iii. 5, iv. 
Philemon. 
Philippians i. 1-26. 

" i. 27, ii. 

" iii., iv. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



SIXTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Isaiah Hi. 13, liii. 

" liv 

" lv 

" lvi. 1-8 

" lvi. 9, lvii. 

" lviii 

" lix 



SECOND LESSON. 



1 Timothy i. 

ii. 



iii. 1-13. 

iii. 14 to iv. 10. 

iv. 11 to v. 16. 

v. 17. 
vi. 



322 



AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



SEVENTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Isaiah lx.. 
" . lxi. 



" lxii., lxiii. 1- 
" lxiii. 7, Ixiv. 

" lxv 

" lxvi 

Psalm cxxxvii 



Titus 



2 Timothy i. 
" ii. 
« iii. 
" iv. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday . 
Thursday .... 

Friday 

Saturday 



EIGHTEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Ezra i., ii. 64-70., iii., iv. 1-5. 

" iv. 24, v., vi 

Haggai i., ii 

Zechariah i., ii 

" iii., iv 

" v., vi 

" vii., viii. 



Hebrews i. 



n. 

iii., iv. 

v. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 



Sunday , 

Monday ..... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday ... 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



NINETEENTH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Ezra iv. 6-23, vii., viii 

" ix., x. 1-17 

Nehemiah i., ii., iii 

" iv., v., vi 

" vii.l-5,70-73,viii 

" ix., x., xi. 1-20... 

" xii. 27, xiii 



Hebrews ix. 1-14. 
" ix. 15. 

x. 1-18. 
" x. 19. . 
" xi. 
" xii. 
" xiii. 



Sunday 

Monday .... 
Tuesday .... 
Wednesday 
Thursday .. 

Friday 

Saturday.... 



THE FOURTH WEEK BEFORE ADVENT. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Malachi i., ii. 1-16.... 

" ii. 17, iii., iv. 
Daniel i., ii 

" iii., iv 

" v., vi 

" vii., viii., ix... 

" x., xi., xii 



John xxi. 1-23. 

1 John i., ii. 

" iii. 
" iv. 
" v. 

2 John. 

3 John. 



THE THIRD WEEK BEFORE ADVENT. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday ... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



FIRST LESSON. 

Psalm xc, iii., iv 

" vii., xi 

" xx., xxi., xxiii., xxvii 

" xviii 

" xxiv., xcvi 

" li., xxxii 

" ii., xl., lxxii 



SECOND LESSON. 



Revelation i. 

ii. 



in. 

iv., v., vi. 
vii., viii., ix. 1-12. 
ix. 13, x., xi. 
Xii., xiii. 



• 

FOR THE FAMILY. 



323 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

"Wednesday ... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



THE SECOND WEEK BEFORE ADVENT. 

SECOND LESSON. 



FIRST LESSON. 

Psalm Ixxvi., xciv 

" cix 

" cxl., cxli., cxlii., cxliii . . . 

" ci., cx 

" cxx.,cxxi.,cxxii.,cxxiii 

" xci., xcii., xciii., xcv ... 

" xcvii., xeviii., xcix., c... 



Revelation xiv. 1-13. 



tt 


xiv. 14. 


tt 


XV. 


tt 


xvi. 1-8. 


u 


xvi. 9. 




xvii. 


tt 


Xviii. 



THE WEEK BEFORE ADVENT. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .. 
Thursday .... 

Friday 

Saturday 



FIRST LESSON. 

Psalm Ixxxv., Ixxxvi., Ixxxvii 
" cxxxvii., cxxxviii., 

" cii., cv [cxxxix. 

" evi 

" cxxiv., cxxv., cxxvi 

" cxxvii., cxxviii., cxxix. 
" cxxx., cxxxi., cxxxii., 
[cxxxiii. 



SECOND LESSON. 

Revelation xix. 1-10. 

" xix. 11, xx. 1-3. 

" xx. 4. 

" xxi. 1-8. 

" xxi. 9, xxii. 
Psalm xcvi. 
u cxlv. 



When more than 23 weeks after Trinity Week occur in any year, the Lessons for 
the four weeks here given may he employed. The Second Lessons can he taken 
from the arrangements for the weeks after Epiphany, which have not been used. 



TWENTIETH WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON. 



Proverbs L, ii 

iii 

iv 

v. , vi. 1-19. 

vi. 20, vii... 

viii , 

ix , 



SECOND LESSON. 



TWENTY-FIRST WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday .... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



Proverbs x., xi 

" xii., xiii. 



xiv., xv 

xvi., xvii 

xviii., xix 

xx., xxi., xxii. 1-16 
xxii.l7,xxiii.,xxiv 



324 AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS 



TWENTY-SECOND WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday ........ 

Wednesday .... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



Proverbs xxv., xxvi 

" xxvii 

" xxviii., xxix 

" xxx., xxxi 

Song of Solomon i., ii., iii 

" " iv., v 

" " vi., vii., viii. 



Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday ... 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 



TWENTY-THIRD WEEK AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 



Ecclesiastesi., ii 

" iii., iv., v., vi. 1-9. 

" vi.l0,vii.,viii.l-15. 

" viii.l6,ix.,x.,xi.,xii 

Esther i., ii., iii., iv 

" v., vi., vii., viii., ix., x. 
Psalm ciii 



PEATEES FOE THE FAMILY. 



Family worship should be observed daily in every household, when 
the following prayers may be used in connection with the reading of a 
portion of Scripture. It is recommended that the Scriptures be read 
as directed by the Calendar, or "Order of Scripture readings for the 
Family." 

On Sundays, after reading the Scriptures, the Family shall rise and 
join in saying the Creed. 

Then shall be said, all kneeling, first the Sunday Collect for the 
week, next the Prayer for the particular day of the week, and lastly 
the Lord's Prayer, in which all shall join audibly. 



Sunday Morning. 

Lord, merciful and gracious Father, we, Thy 
children, adopted in Jesus Christ, gather around the 
mercy-seat with humble and childlike trust in Thee. 
As Thou makest the outgoings of the morning to re- 
joice, so do Thou make glad our hearts on this day of 
sacred rest. Thou, Lord, art the true and only rest 
of the soul, and our hearts cannot rest until they rest 
in Thee. Grant us this day, not only the rest of the 
body, but also some foretaste of that peace and joy 
which shall refresh us, when we, after the labors of 
this life, shall awake in Thy likeness, and be num- 
bered with Thy saints in glory everlasting. 

28 325 



326 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



Thou who hast made Thy Church Thy dwelling- 
place, and chosen it as Thy rest forever, and hast 
taught us in Thy word not to forsake the assembling 
of ourselves together; regard in special mercy, we be- 
seech Thee, all those who meet to-day in Thy holy 
courts. Manifest Thyself unto them as Thou dost 
not unto the world. Bless unto them and us all Thine 
ordinances; and may our worship in the Church on 
earth prepare us more fully for the blessed worship of 
the Church in heaven. 

adorable Saviour, Head of Thy Church, who hast 
all power in heaven and in earth, and who dost send 
forth Thy servants in Tfyy name, to publish salvation 
and make disciples to Thyself; sustain the Pastors of 
Thy flocks at home, and in heathen lands. Give them 
the anointing of the Holy Ghost in their ministra- 
tions, that they may feed the flock that waiteth 
around Thee; comforting the distressed; instructing 
the ignorant; warning the careless; confirming the 
doubting; suiting and satisfying the wants of all from 
the rich treasury of Thy grace. 

Be pleased, God of compassion, whose tender 
mercies are over all Thy works, to remember this day 
all ranks and conditions of men. Succor the needy 
and oppressed; protect and cheer widows and orphans; 
restore the sick; prepare the dying for death; sanc- 
tify the merciful chastisements of Thy hand unto all 
who are enduring them; and grant that their afflictions 
may lead them to the exercise of that godly sorrow 
which worketh repentance unto life, and thus bring 
unto them, in the life 'to come, a far more exceeding 
and eternal weight of glory, through the suffering, 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



327 



death, resurrection, and powerful intercession of Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Blessed Jesus, who in the days of Thy flesh didst 
take little children into Thine arms and bless them, 
and who hast taught us that the promise is to us and 
to our children, and didst command that the lambs of 
the flock should be fed; do Thou, this day, through 
Thy families, and through Thy Church, call the lit- 
tle children to Thyself. Cause them to be nurtured 
by Thy renewing grace, that out of the mouths of 
babes and sucklings Thy name may be glorified. 

Hear our prayer, Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling 
place. Glorify Thyself in all that we do and suffer, 
and lead us in that way in which we shall best escape 
the pollutions that are in the world, and attain at last 
to the unspeakable joys of the life to come : and unto 
Thee, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, shall 
be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 



Sunday Evening. 

Lord, our heavenly Father, we acknowledge Thy 
great goodness toward us, in granting us another day 
of holy rest. We are truly sorry for the errors and 
sins of this day, and of our past lives. We are grieved 
that we have so often forgotten Thy presence, autho- 
rity, and goodness. Merciful God, pardon our of- 
fences. Especially, Lord, forgive the iniquity of 
our holy things. Correct and amend what is amiss 
in us. Write Thy laws in our hearts; and enable us 



328 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



to show by holy, unblamable, and useful lives, that 
we have not enjoyed Thy sabbaths and Thy worship 
in vain. Thus prepare us ever more fully for the 
worship of the heavenly temple, and for the enjoy- 
ment of that eternal Sabbath which knows no setting 
sun. 

Grant, Lord, that every evening may remind us 
of the near approach of the night of death. Let a 
deep sense of our frailty make us careful how we live; 
and amid all the vanity of this present life, may we be 
united by a living faith, and by the power of the eter- 
nal Spirit, unto Him who is the Resurrection and 
the Life; so that, though we die, we may yet live, be- 
cause He lives, and so escape death and the bitter 
pains of eternal misery. 

Assist us, we beseech Thee, in carrying out the 
holy resolutions which we have this day formed, un- 
der the gracious movings of Thy word and Spirit. 

Thou, who hast all power in heaven and in earth, 
accompany the preaching of Thy word, and the admi- 
nistration of Thy sacraments, with the influences of 
Thy Holy Spirit. Continue to us, and to all Chris- 
tian churches, the means of grace and salvation ; and 
may the saving truths of the Gospel be speedily pub- 
lished in every land, that all the ends of the earth 
may hear, believe, and live forever. 

Evermore keep and preserve us, God of our sal- 
vation, in the midst of all dangers to which we are 
exposed, either in body or in soul; and prepare us, 
with meek cheerfulness and Christian resignation, to 
receive our sorrows as well as our joys from Thee; 
knowing that health and sickness, riches and poverty, 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



329 



yea, all things, come not by chance, but by Thy fa- 
therly hand. 

Thou, to whom the darkness and the light are 
both alike, and who dost neither slumber nor sleep, 
defend us, we beseech Thee, from all perils and dan- 
gers of this night. Keep us as under the shadow of 
Thy wings; that being quiet from all fear of evil, we 
may be brought in peace to see the light of another 
day, invigorated and rightly prepared for its work. 

We ask all in the name, and for the sake of Thy 
Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 



Monday Morning. 

Lord, our heavenly Father, who by the rest of 
Thy holy day, and by the peaceful slumbers of the 
night, hast refreshed our bodies and souls, we give 
Thee hearty thanks for Thy great goodness toward 
us, and acknowledge Thee as the source of all our 
mercies. We would enter upon this new day, and 
upon the duties of the week, in Thy fear, and with a 
child-like dependence on Thee. 

As Thou hast ordained that we should eat bread in 
the sweat of our face, we beseech Thee mercifully to 
prosper the work of our hands, and sanctify the fruit 
of our labors and cares to our good, to the good ol 
others, and to Thy glory. Help us to carry the spirit 
of Thy holy day into all the business of the week; 
and whilst our bodies and minds are engaged in honest 
and useful toil, may our hearts still live and rest in 

28* 



330 



PRAYEKS FOR THE FAMILY. 



Thee. Save us from the spirit of worldliness. Suffer 
us not to seek our portion in this life ; and having 
food and raiment, may we be therewith content. 

Lord God of our fathers, who dost make and keep 
covenant with families, and dost include parents and 
children in Thy most gracious promises, bless, we be- 
seech Thee, this household dedicated to Thy holy ser- 
vice. Continue to provide for all our proper wants; 
and turn our hearts daily in gratitude and love to 
Thee, that being united in Thy service in this life, we 
may together attain to the felicity of the life everlast- 
ing, through infinite mercy and grace in Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

To Thy care, Lord, we now commend ourselves 
for this day. Let Thy fatherly protection be over 
us. Preserve our feet from falling, our eyes from 
tears and our souls from death; and enable us to 
walk before thee in cheerful obedience to the end of 
life. 

Hear, Lord, our prayer; and grant us all things 
that we need, for this world and for that which is to 
come; since we ask in the name of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 



Monday Evening, 

Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and through Him our Father, and the source 
of all our mercies, blessed be Thy name for Thy 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



331 



gracious protection this day. Thy goodness is new 
every morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. 
that there were such hearts in us that we might 
fear Thee, and keep Thy commandments always. 

Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the 
Son, Spirit of promise and Sanctifier of them that 
believe, dwell Thou in us as the Spirit of holiness. 
Purge our hearts from all evil passions and desires, 
from envy, hatred, and malice : that we may never 
suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath, but may 
always seek our rest with a conscience void of of- 
fence toward Thee and toward all men. 

Lord, our heavenly Father, we beseech Thee to 
look graciously upon this family. Bless us in body 
and soul; in basket and store; in our going out and 
coming in, and in all that concerns us. Above all, 
bless us with spiritual blessings; with a pure heart 
and a sound mind; with contempt of the world, and 
a firm trust in Thee; with a grateful sense of Thy 
kindness, and a soul full of love; with a knowledge 
of Thy will, and a desire to perform it; with the 
assistance of Thy Spirit, and a sure and joyful hope 
of everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

With these prayers in our own behalf, accept, O 
Lord, our hearty intercessions for all mankind. Let 
the light of Thy Gospel shine on all nations. Be es- 
pecially gracious to the land in which we dwell. 
Bless all who are in authority over us. So rule 
their hearts, and strengthen their hands, that they 
may want neither will nor power to punish wicked- 
ness, and to encourage and support true piety 

Lord, we now commit ourselves to Thy watch- 



332 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



ful care during the night. Make us to rest in safety, 
and to be quiet from fear of evil. Let our thoughts 
be serious and devout when we lie down : and when 
we awake may we be still with Thee. Thou 
Keeper of Israel, who dost neither slumber nor sleep, 
be Thou evermore our guardian; and when we lie 
down in the grave, be Thou the comfort and strength 
of our hearts, and our portion forever; through the 
abounding mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Tuesday Morning. 

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we acknow- 
ledge with grateful hearts Thy goodness, which is re- 
newed unto us from day to day. When we lay in 
defenceless sleep thy power was beneath us, and Thy 
protection around us. While others have spent the 
night in sighs and tears, in restlessness and painful 
watchings, in sickness and in struggles with death, 
Thou hast granted unto us a comfortable and re- 
freshing repose. Blessed be Thy name, Lord of 
our life, for all Thy goodness and love toward us. 

Help us with a believing heart to embrace all the 
sufferings and death of Christ, whereby we may ob- 
tain the forgiveness of our sins, and become more and 
more united to His sacred body by the Holy Ghost, 
who dwells both in Christ and in us. Enable us to 
crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof, 
so that sin may no more have dominion over us: 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



333 



and grant us grace to offer ourselves unto Him a 
sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise, in body and in 
soul, in this life, and to obtain in the world to come 
life everlasting. 

Defend us. Lord, this day. from all motions of 
sin in our own hearts, and from all hurtful influences 
from the world and evil spirits. In our greatest 
temptations be thou nearest to us by Thy sustaining 
and conquering power; and as Thou, blessed Sa- 
viour, didst overcome the Tempter in the wilderness, 
so do Thou overcome his wiles in us by thy victori- 
ous grace. 

Grant us, Lord, the spirit of cheerful resignation 
to Thy good and holy will, that amid all the changes 
of this mortal life, we may be patient in adversity, 
thankful in prosperity, and for what is future, have 
eood confidence in our faithful God and Father, that 

o J 

no creature shall separate us from His love. 

Grant us grace, we beseech Thee, to be just and 
upright in all our dealings; quiet and peaceable 
among our neighbors: full of compassion towards the 
needy and afflicted; and ever ready to do good to all 
men ; that so walking faithfully before Thee all our 
days, and being found watching whenever our ap- 
pointed time shall come, we may, from a life of 
grace, be tr nslated into a life of glory ; through the 
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen, 



334 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



Tuesday Evening. 

Almighty and most merciful God, our heavenly 
Father, who hast brought us in safety to the close of 
another day; regard, we beseech Thee, our prayer, 
and the prayers of all Thy people, and pardon our 
sins, according to Thy loving-kindness and tender 
mercy in Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Accept, Lord, our evening sacrifice, and pour out 
upon us the fulness of Thy grace. Guard and de- 
fend us by Thy holy angels; preserve us from all 
harm and danger, both of soul and body; and give 
us grace, that we may spend this evening and night, 
and all the nights and days of our sojourn upon 
earth, to Thy honor and glory. 

Lord Jesus, Thou once crucified, but now ex- 
alted Saviour, we bless Thee for Thy humiliation; 
for Thine incarnation; for Thy life of patient suffer- 
ing; for Thine agony in the garden; for Thy groans 
and prayers on the cross; and for Thine atoning 
death. "We bless Thee, also, for Thy triumphant 
resurrection; for Thy glorious ascension into heaven; 
and for Thine intercession before the Father, as our 
Advocate and Mediator. 

Let the same mind be in us, Lord, which was 
also in Thee, that we may follow Thee in Thy hu- 
mility; bear reproach as meekly as Thou didst bear 
it; and forgive our enemies, as Thou forgavest Thy 
murderers. When we die, may we die in Thee; 
commending our souls into the hands of our hea- 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY, 



335 



venly Father, with the full assurance of being raised 
up at the last day in Thine own glorious image. 

Lord, our gracious Redeemer, we now commit 
ourselves into Thy hands. Be with us when we he 
down, and when we rise up ; be with us in sickness 
and in health; and in the hour of death, forsake us 
not, most merciful Saviour, but grant us a calm 
and peaceful departure out of this world, and a tri- 
umphant entrance into Thy heavenly kingdom. And 
all the glory shall be given to Thee, who, with the 
Father and the Holy Spirit, art alone worthy of all 
praise and glory, forever and ever. Amen. 



Wednesday Morning. 

Thou Shepherd of Israel, who dost neither 
slumber nor sleep, under Thy providential care we 
have rested securely during another night, for which 
we now render Thee our humble and unfeigned 
thanks. We have slept and awaked, and lo! Thou 
art still with us; and we are yet among the living to 
praise Thee. Blessed be Thy holy name forever and 
ever. Our voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, 
Lord; in the morning will we direct our prayer unto 
Thee, and will look up. Thou hast no pleasure in 
wickedness, neither can any evil dwell with Thee; 
but thy delight is in all that call upon Thee, and 
Thou wilt bless such as are of an humble and a con- 
trite heart. 



336 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



Grant us grace to begin this day in Thy fear, and 
to end it to Thy glory. We are weak; be Thou our 
strength. We are ignorant and do easily err; be 
Thou our light and our guide. We are prone to 
thoughtlessness and vanity; keep us mindful, we en- 
treat Thee, of death and of judgment, to the end 
that we may live soberly, righteously, and godly in 
this present evil world. 

Thou omniscient and holy Lord God, we humbly 
confess before Thee our sins and infirmities. Though 
Thou didst originally create us good, after Thine own 
image, in righteousness and true holiness, yet has our 
nature fallen, and we are conceived and born in sin. 
Create in us, we beseech Thee, a clean heart, and re- 
new a right spirit within us. Make us by true faith 
partakers of Christ and all his benefits ; and grant us 
the Holy Ghost that He may comfort and abide with 
us forever. 

Lord, as thou hast called us to serve one another, 
and the generation in which we live, give us strength 
to go forth to our daily duties with cheerfulness, and 
in humble dependence upon Thy help. Prosper our 
labors, and let the work of our hands be established 
upon us for Thy praise. 

Bless this family, and grant us grace to love and 
fear Thee. Bless our kindred, friends, and neigh- 
bors. Reward all that have done us good; and par- 
don those who have done or wished us evil. Be 
merciful to all who are in any trouble or affliction; 
and do Thou, God of pity and compassion, grant 
them help and comfort according to their need, for 
the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and 



PRAYEES FOR THE FAMILY. 337 

reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 



Wednesday Evening. 

Most gracious and merciful God, who art of purer 
eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised mercy 
and forgiveness to all them who confess and forsake 
their sins, we come before Thee with an humble sense 
of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold 
transgressions of Thy righteous law, in thought, in 
word, and in deed. We have every day done those 
things which Thou hast forbidden, and left undone 
those things which Thou hast commanded; so that, 
when we look upon our past lives, and remember that 
Thou knowest our most secret sins, we are afraid of 
Thy judgments, and ashamed to lift up our eyes unto 
Thee. But, gracious Father, who desirest not the 
death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech Thee, in 
Thy Son Jesus Christ, and, for the merits of His suf- 
ferings, be merciful unto us, and grant unto us the 
full and free forgiveness of our sins. 

May the Spirit of Christ ever rule and live in us, 
inspiring our hearts with a sincere love of Thee, 
God; with an earnest desire to please Thee, and with 
a dread of offending Thee. Sanctify us wholly, we 
beseech Thee, that our souls and bodies may be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Help us, Lord, to possess our souls in patience 

29 W 



338 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



amidst all the changes of this mortal life. Give us a 
cheerful faith, a joyful hope, and a peaceful love. 
From gloominess of mind, from repinings, from dejec- 
tion of spirit, from distrust of Thy mercies, and from 
fear of death, good Lord, deliver us. 

We humbly pray for all mankind, especially for 
our kindred and friends, that they may receive mer- 
cies suitable to their wants. If any are estranged 
from Thee, draw them to Thyself by Thy good Spirit 
and grace, that as they share in Thy goodness here, 
they may partake also of Thy glory hereafter, through 
the great mercy of J esus Christ our Lord. 

Bless, Lord, the poor and needy, the sick and 
afflicted, the wretched and distressed. Have compas- 
sion upon all ranks and conditions of men. Sanctify 
the afflictions of Thy hand unto those who endure 
them, and in Thine own good time turn their sorrow 
into joy. 

We beseech Thee, Lord, to continue Thy gracious 
protection to us this night. Into Thy hands we com- 
mend ourselves, and all things that belong to us. Be 
pleased to watch over us, Thou who dost neither 
slumber nor sleep. Defend us from danger and mis- 
chief, and from the dread and fear of evil: to the end 
that we may enjoy such quiet and refreshing sleep as 
may fit us for the duties of the coming day. 

Lord, make us ever mindful of that time when 
we shall lie down in the dust; and grant us grace al- 
ways so to live, that we may never be afraid to die; 
but that, whether we live we may live unto Thee, and 
whether we die we may die unto Thee; that so living 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



339 



and dying, we may be Thine, through the merits and 
satisfaction of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Thursday Morning. 

God, our God, early will we seek Thee. Thy 
mercies are new unto us every morning, and call for 
new expressions of gratitude to Thee, the Giver of all 
good. For the rest of the night, for the light of ano- 
ther day, and for the comforts which now surround 
us, we praise Thee, Lord our God. Help us to feel 
more deeply that we owe our life and all its blessings 
to Thy fatherly love and care. 

We come unto Thee as Thy children. give us 
the spirit of adoption whereby we may cry, Abba Fa- 
ther; and loving Thee, who hast first loved us, may 
have grace to dedicate ourselves anew to Thy blessed 
service, in body and in soul. 

Holy Saviour, who hast redeemed and delivered 
us from our sins, renew us also by the Holy Ghost 
after Thine own image : that so we may testify, by 
our whole life, our gratitude to Thee for Thy great 
love and mercy to us; that every one of us may be 
assured in ourselves of our faith, by the fruits thereof; 
and that, by godly walk and conversation, we may 
win others also unto Christ. 

Grant us grace, Lord, to flee from every tempta- 
tion that may this day assail us, and to overcome the 
power of sin in our hearts. May we rightly acknow- 
ledge Thee, the only true God; trust in Thee alone; 



340 



PEAYEES FOE THE FAMILY. 



with humility and patience expect all good from Thee 
only: love, fear, and honor Thee with our whole 
heart: so as rather to renounce all creatures than do 
the least thing against Thy will. 

Bestow upon us, most merciful Father, what is 
needful for us, and give us grace not to abuse Thy 
favors. Give us, we beseech Thee, contented minds, 
and help us to regard with compassion the wants and 
sorrows of others. 

God, our Saviour, who art the hope of all the 
ends of the earth, remember, we beseech Thee, the 
children of affliction and sorrow. Heal the sick; pro- 
vide for the poor; befriend the forsaken; and be a 
helper to the helpless. 

We now resign ourselves, Almighty Father, into 
Thy hands. Let Thy mercy be upon us according as 
we hope in Thee. Guide us by Thy counsel while 
we live, and afterwards receive us to Thy heavenly 
glory, through infinite riches of grace in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. Amen. 



Thtirsday Evening, 

Most merciful God, from heaven, the habitation of 
Thy holiness, look down upon us and accept the con- 
fession of our sins, with our evening sacrifice of thanks- 
giving and praise. We acknowledge our un worthi- 
ness, and the frailty and perverseness of our corrupt 
nature, through which we daily transgress Thy just 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 341 

and holy laws. Have mercy upon us, Lord, and 
pardon us, for the sake of Jesus Christ, who is our ad- 
vocate with Thee. Yf ash our souls from the defile^- 
ments of this day in His most precious blood, that we 
may go to our rest, comforted by Thy grace, and 
sanctified by Thy Holy Spirit. 

Kind and gracious Father, we give Thee unfeigned 
thanks, for all Thy mercies bestowed upon us : for our 
being; for our powers of mind and body; for health, 
friends, food, and raiment; for Thy patience with us, 
notwithstanding our many and great provocations ; for 
the direction, assistance, and comfort of Thy Holy 
Spirit; for Thy continual care and watchful provi- 
dence over us, through the whole course of our lives ; 
and particularly for the favors and benefits of the 
past day. We beseech Thee, continue these blessings 
to us, and enable us to show forth our gratitude for 
them, by sincere obedience to Thy holy laws, and en- 
tire devotion to Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Lord, take away from us all ignorance, hardness 
of heart, and undue carefulness for the things of this 
life. Help us as a household to fear Thee, sincerely 
to seek Thy glory, and to put our whole trust in Thy 
mercy. 

Make us mindful that as we have now come to the 
end of another day, so the end of life is at hand; and 
as we know neither the day nor the hour of our Mas- 
ter's coming, grant us grace so to live, that, when 
Thou shalt call us hence, we may not be afraid to die ; 
but stand prepared always to meet Thee in peace. 

Be pleased to watch over us this night, and spread 
the wings of Tiiy protection around our resting place. 

29* 



342 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



Preserve us from sin and harm, and from the malice 
of the spirits of darkness. Visit us with refreshing 
sleep; cause us to rest safely in the arms of Thy love; 
and raise us up again in health and peace. Thus 
may all our days and nights be spent with Thee in 
Thy blessed service, till we awake in Thy likeness 
and reign with Thee in everlasting joy; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Friday Morning. 

Almighty and everlasting God, in whom we live, 
and move, and have our being, we render thanks unto 
Thee, for Thy kind care over us during the night 
that is past. Since of Thy great mercy another day 
has dawned upon us, we once more consecrate our- 
selves in soul and body to Thy service. We re- 
nounce the works of darkness : cause us to walk in 
the light of Thy countenance. We renounce the 
vanities of the world : help us to seek after the en- 
during substance that is laid up with Thee in heaven. 
We renounce the sinful lusts of the flesh : enable us 
to walk in the Spirit. In these desires and purposes, 
do Thou, most merciful God, confirm and strengthen 
us by Thine ever present grace. 

We humbly confess before Thee, Lord, our guilt, 
and beseech Thee to pardon our sins and transgres- 
sions. Create in us a clean heart, and renew a right 
spirit within us, that we may have power to serve 
Thee in righteousness and true holiness all our days. 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



343 



Give us, Lord, an abiding sense of the vanity 
and shortness of this mortal life. Seeing that the 
Son of man cometh at an hour when we think not, 
may we be always ready ; that so the dread sum- 
mons may not come upon us unawares ; but that, 
having our loins girt about, and our lamps burning, 
we may be like those that wait for their Lord. 

Accept, Lord, our earnest intercessions for all 
mankind. Cause Thy glorious Gospel to be pro- 
claimed among all nations. Bless Thy Church, pur- 
chased with Thine own most precious blood. Clothe 
her ministers with salvation; and may earth's millions 
of sinning, sorrowing, and suffering souls, find their 
home and their rest in her bosom. 

Bless our kindred and friends : those who are in 
sin, Lord, convert; strengthen and confirm those 
who are in grace. Unite us to one another by mu- 
tual love, and to Thyself, by continual piety and 
faith, through the merits of Thy blessed Son, our 
Saviour. 

Be merciful to those who are in any trouble or af- 
fliction in mind, body, or outward estate. Raise up 
helpers to such as are in want; and administer grace 
and comfort to all, according to their several necessi- 
ties, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Friday Evening. 

Eternal and infinitely glorious God, the great 
Creator, gracious Preserver, and wise Governor of the 
world, we, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, bow 



344 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



before Thee at this time to present our prayers and 
supplications at the throne of Thy heavenly grace. 

Thou, Lord, art never weary in doing us good; but 
alas ! we acknowledge with shame that we have been 
guilty of great ingratitude towards Thee. We have 
been unprofitable servants : we have neglected much 
of our duty; we have followed too often the inclina- 
tions of our corrupt nature; and instead of loving 
Thee, and delighting in Thee, we have been too 
eagerly and fondly pursuing the things of this world. 
Enter not into judgment with us, Lord, whom 
Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood. 
Let Thy goodness and forbearance lead us to repent- 
ance; and of Thy great mercy, Lord, deliver us 
not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Spare us, 
good Lord, spare Thy servants, and be not angry with 
us for ever. 

Lord, enlighten our understandings, that we may 
know Thee; sanctify our affections, that we may love 
Thee : and put Thy fear into our hearts, that we may 
dread to offend Thee. Convince us thoroughly, we 
beseech Thee, of the great evil of sin, that we may 
hate it, and endeavor in all things to obey Thy 
blessed will, and to walk before Thee in holiness and 
righteousness all our days. 

Impress us, Lord, with a lively and abiding 
sense of the frailty of our lives, the certainty of judg- 
ment, the unspeakable glories of heaven, and the 
most dreadful torments of hell ; that we may be moved 
in good earnest to lay hold of salvation, and never be 
so foolish as to prefer the pleasures of sin, which are 
but for a season, to that everlasting fulness of joy, 
which is in Thy presence for evermore. 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



345 



Establish, Lord, and greatly enlarge, the bor- 
ders of Thy Church ; and grant that the knowledge 
of Thy name, and the consolations of Thy grace, may 
soon fill every land and all hearts. Let the .wicked- 
ness of the wicked come to an end. and do Thou es- 
tablish and increase the just. 

We humbly commend ourselves this night to Thy 
blessing and protection. Give us, Lord, the com- 
fortable refreshment of a quiet and undisturbed sleep. 
Defend us from evil, and from all fear and dread. 
Preserve us especially from the evil of sin, and from 
the assaults of our spiritual enemies ; and let Thy 
goodness and mercy follow us all the days of our life, 
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saturday Morning, 

God, by whom the whole world is governed and 
preserved, we give Thee humble thanks for Thy 
fatherly care over us, in preserving us from the dan- 
gers of the night which is past, and in bringing us 
safely to the beginning of another day. 

We gratefully acknowledge our dependence on 
Thee for the necessities, conveniences, and comforts 
of our daily life ; for the means of our well-being in 
this world ; and for the hope of everlasting happiness 
in the world to come. 

We give Thee thanks for the gift of Thy Son, our 
Saviour; for the gift of Thy Holy Spirit, our Sancti- 
fier and Comforter; for the institution of Thy Church, 
the mother of us all; for the light of Thy glorious 
Gospel, and the helps of Thy grace ; and for the pre- 



346 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



cious promises of pardon, through Thy Son Christ 
J esus, in whose blood we have the atonement. 

Give us always, we beseech Thee, such a tender 
sense of Thy mercies, that we may be truly thank- 
ful for them. Save us from hardness of heart, and 
from blindness of mind, that we may never neglect or 
abuse Thy grace. Enable us honestly to improve 
all the talents which Thou hast committed to our 
trust; and let no worldly business, nor love of plea- 
sure, draw our minds or hearts from the solemn con- 
cerns of the life to come. 

Let Thy blessing, Lord, be upon our persons, 
upon our labors, upon our substance, and upon all 
that belongs to us. In prosperity may we not forget 
Thee, and in adversity may we still trust in Thy 
wisdom, mercy, and love; assured that whatever 
evils Thou dost send upon us in this vale of tears, 
Thou wilt turn them to our good. 

Defend us, Lord, and those who are near, and 
dear to us, against the assaults of our enemies. Grant 
that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any 
kind of danger. May all our doings be ordered by 
Thee, and meet with Thy favor and blessing ; that 
so we may walk, Lord, in the light of Thy coun- 
tenance. 

Into Thy hands, gracious Father, we now com- 
mend ourselves for this day, and for all coming time. 
Glorify Thyself in all that we do and suffer ; and 
grant us, we beseech Thee, in this world knowledge 
of Thy truth, and in the world to come life everlast- 
ing ; through the mercy and mediation of Jesus Christ 
our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



U7 



one God, be all honor and glory, as it was in the be- 
ginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 



Saturday Evening, 

Lord God, our Heavenly Father, who hast brought 
us safely through another day,* and to the close of an- 
other week, unto Thee we render our humble and 
hearty thanks. Give us, we beseech Thee, a due 
sense of the manifold favors Thou hast bestowed 
upon us through life; and especially teach us to 
value, as we ought, Thy great mercy in Christ Jesus 
our Lord, through whom alone we enjoy the means 
of grace, and the hope of glory. 

We confess, Lord, that we have not served Thee 
according to the measure of our knowledge and abi- 
lity. \Ye have again and again broken Thy laws 
and commandments; we have too much neglected 
Thy warnings; we have resisted the quiet influences 
of Thy Holy Spirit; and we have just cause to fear 
Thy righteous judgments. \\ e acknowledge and be- 
wail our unworthiness. merciful Father, accept 
our penitence, and give us the comforting assurance 
of pardon. By Thy manifold and great mercies ; by 
the all-sufficient merits of Thy blessed Son, Jesus 
Christ; by His agony and bloody sweat; by His bit- 
ter cross and passion; by His glorious resurrection 
and ascension ; by His continual intercession for us at 
Thy right hand; and by the grace and comforts of 
the Holy Ghost, good Lord, deliver us. 



348 



PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY. 



In all the changes and trials of this mortal life; in 
all time of our prosperity and in all time of our ad- 
versity: in the hour of death and in the day of judg- 
ment, good Lord, deliver us. 

We beseech Thee, Lord, extend Thy mercy to 
the whole race of mankind. Have pity upon the 
nations that know Thee not; cause the light of Thy 
glorious gospel to shine among them, and visit them 
with Thy salvation. 

Look with pity and compassion, Lord, upon 
those who are in affliction and temptation; upon the 
poor, the sick, and the dying; strengthen and support 
them, and give them in Thine own good time a 
happy issue out of all their sufferings. 

Be merciful and gracious, God, to our kindred 
and friends ; forgive our enemies ; reward our bene- 
factors; and grant that we, with all Thy people 
every where, may have grace to serve Thee with full 
purpose of heart, and so be made partakers at last of 
eternal bliss in Thy presence in heaven. 

And now, most gracious Father, who hast deli- 
vered our eyes from tears, our feet from falling, and 
our souls from death, take us, we entreat Thee, un- 
der Thy watchful care this night; guard us from all 
evil and harm, and bring us to the light, and prepare 
us for the duties of the coming Sabbath; and we will 
praise Thee, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 



PEAYEES FOE SPECIAL OCCASIONS IN THE 
FAMILY. 



A Morning Litany. 

Eemember not, Lord, our offences, nor the of- 
fences of our forefathers; neither take Thou ven- 
geance of our sins. Spare us, good Lord; spare Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy most 
precious blood, and be not angry with us forever. 

Spare us, Lord. 

From the guilt and burden of our sins; from the 
stings and terrors of conscience; from the illusions 
and assaults of the enemy; and from the bitter pains 
of eternal death; 

Deliver us, Lord. 

From all impatience under Thy chastisements; 
from dejection of spirit and distrust of Thy mercies; 
from the fear of death; and from the terrors of judg- 
ment; 

Deliver us, Lord. 



By Thy manifold and great mercies; by the all- 

30 349 



350 PRAYERS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 

sufficient merits of Thy blessed Son Jesus Christ; by 
His agony and bloody sweat; by His bitter cross and 
passion; by His glorious resurrection and ascension; 
by His continual intercession for us at Thy right 
hand; and by the graces and comforts of the Holy 
Ghost ; 

Deliver us, Lord. 

In all the changes and trials of this mortal life; in 
all time of our tribulation, and in all time of our 
wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judg- 
ment; 

Deliver us, Lord. 

We wretched sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, 
Lord; 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to us. 

That it may please Thee to look upon us with the 
eye of Thy mercy, to give us a hearty faith and con- 
fidence in Thee, and in all our dangers and adversi- 
ties to stretch forth the right hand of Thy majesty 
to help and defend us in perpetual peace and safety; 

"We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

That it may please Thee to remember us with 
Thy favor, and to give us grace so to follow the good 
examples of Thy servants, who have departed this 
life in Thy faith and fear, that with them we may 
become partakers of Thy heavenly kingdom; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

That it may please Thee to give us an entire re- 



IN THE FAMILY. 



351 



signation to Thy holy will ; to wean our affection 
from things below; to fill us with ardent desires after 
heaven; and finally to make us partakers of all Thy 
blessings and promises in Christ Jesus; 
We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

That it may please Thee to fill our souls with the 
peace and love of God, that when Thou shalt call us 
to walk through the valley and shadow of death, we 
may fear no evil, but fall gently asleep in Jesus, and 
awake up in the glory of Thy presence; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 
We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord. 

Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the 
world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Christ, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and grant us Thy peace. 

Almighty God, who dost accept the penitence and 
confession of the contrite, that they may share in 
Thy mercy and live ; be merciful and gracious unto 
us, absolve us from all sin, establish us in Thy grace, 
grant us the comforts of the Holy Ghost, and bring 
us to life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



352 



PRAYERS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 



An Evening Idtany. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Have mercy upon us. 

Christ, hear us and grant us Thy peace. 
Hear us and grant us Thy peace. 

J esus, the Son of the living God, the eternal Word, 
the brightness of the Father's glory, and express 
image of his person ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Jesus, the Son of Man, conceived by the Holy 
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, meek and humble of 
heart, obedient unto death, the example of all virtues, 
the way, the truth, and the life; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Jesus, the author of life, the Captain of salvation, 
the eternal high-priest, the prince of peace; 
Have mercy upon us. 

Jesus, the joy of angels, the hope of the patri- 
archs, the inspirer of the prophets, the teacher of 
the apostles, the strength of martyrs, the king of 
saints; 

Have mercy upon us. 

From all sin and evil, from death and hell; 
Deliver us, Lord Jesus. 



IN THE FAMILY. 



353 



By Thy holy nativity and circumcision; by Thy 
holy words and deeds; by Thine agony and bloody 
sweat; by Thy bitter cross and passion; by Thy 
death and burial; by Thy glorious resurrection and 
ascension; by thy sitting at the right hand of the 
Father Almighty; and by Thy return to judge the 
quick and the dead; 

Deliver us, Lord Jesus. 

Lamb of God that takest away the sin of the 
world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Lamb of God that takest away the sin of the 
world; 

Hear our prayers. 

Lamb of God that takest away the sin of the 
world; 

Grant us Thy peace. 

Almighty God, who dost accept the penitence and 
confession of the contrite that they may share in Thy 
mercy and live ; be merciful and gracious unto us, 
absolve us from all sin, establish us in Thy grace, grant 
us the comforts of the Holy Ghost, and bring us to 
life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



A Horning Prayer, 

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we 
approach to the throne of grace this morning with 

30* X 



354 PRAYERS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 



reverence and holy fear, begging of Thee mercy and 
peace, pardon and salvation. Thou art holy, and 
justly offended with us; but yet Thou art our gra- 
cious Lord and merciful Father in Christ Jesus. Be 
pleased, we beseech Thee, to blot out our sins from 
Thy remembrance, and heal our souls, that we may 
sin no more against Thee. Open our eyes, that we 
may see and amend our own infirmities and follies; 
and give us perfect understanding in the way of god- 
liness, that we may walk in it all the days of our 
pilgrimage. Give us a spirit diligent in the works 
of our calling, cheerful and zealous in religion, fer- 
vent and frequent in prayer, charitable and useful in 
conversation. Give us a healthful and chaste body, a 
pure and holy soul, a sanctified and humble spirit; 
and preserve our body, soul, and spirit, blameless to 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Blessed be Thy name, God of all mercies, who 
hast preserved us through the past night from sick- 
ness and sorrow, from sad chances and a violent 
death, from the malice of the Devil, and the evil ef- 
fects of our own corrupt nature and infirmity. The 
outgoings of the morning and evening shall praise 
Thee, and Thy servants shall rejoice in giving Thee 
glory and thanks for all Thy wonderful dealings 
with the children of men, and with the members of 
Thy Church. 

Let Thy providence and care watch over us this 
day, and all the days of our life, that we may never 
sin against Thee by idleness or folly, by evil company 
or private sins, by word or deed, by thought or de- 
sire. Enable us so to spend the day that it may be 



IN THE FAMILY. 



355 



profitable to us and to others, and leave no sorrows, 
or the remembrance of an evil conscience, at night; 
and so conduct us through life by Thy Holy Spirit, 
that when the days of our short abode on earth are 
done, and the shadow is departed, we"' may die in 
Thy fear and favor, and rest in a holy hope, and at 
last return to the joys of a blessed resurrection, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



An Evening J? payer. 

The day is gone, and we give Thee thanks, Lord. 
The evening has come; make it bright unto us. As 
day has its evening, so also has life ; abide with us 
Lord, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent 
of this fretful life. Let Thy strength be made per- 
fect in our weakness. We beseech of Thee for the close 
of our life, that Thou wouldest direct it in peace, ga- 
thering us together in the repose of Thy saints, when 
Thou wilt, and as Thou wilt, only without shame and 
sm. 

As long as we live will we magnify Thee, Lord, 
and lift up our hands in Thy name. Let our prayer 
be set forth before Thee as incense, and the lifting up 
of our hands as an evening sacrifice. Blessed art 
Thou, Lord, our God, the God of our fathers, who 
hast created the changes of days and nights, who 
givest songs in the night, who hast not cut otf like a 
weaver our life, nor from day even to night made an 
end of us. 



356 



PRAYERS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 



Lord, as we add day to day, so do we add sin to sin. 
But we turn with groans from our evil ways, and we 
return into our heart, and with all our heart we turn 
to Thee, God of penitents and Saviour of sinners. 
We have sinned, Lord, against Thee; heavily 
against Thee. We repent; spare us, Lord: we re- 
pent; help Thou our impenitence. Have mercy upon 
us, Lord, after Thy great goodness; according to 
the multitude of Thy mercies, do away our offences. 
bring Thou us out of our trouble. Cleanse Thou 
us from secret faults; keep back Thy servants also 
from presumptuous sins. Our wanderings of mind 
and idle talking, lay not to our charge. Deal not 
with us after our sins, neither reward us after our 
iniquities. Look mercifully upon our infirmities; and 
for the glory of Thy holy name, turn from us those 
ills and miseries, which for our sins, are by us most 
righteously deserved. 

To our weariness, Lord, vouchsafe Thou rest; to 
our exhaustion renew Thou strength. Keeper of 
Israel, who neither slumberest nor sleepest, guard us 
this night from all evil; guard our souls, Lord. 
Visit us with the sleep of those who rest in Thy love; 
reveal to us wisdom in the visions of the night; or if 
not, for we are not worthy, at least let sleep be to us 
a breathing time as from toil, so from sin. Yea, 
Lord, let us not in our dreams imagine what may an- 
ger Thee, what may defile us. Lord, Thou knowest 
how sleepless are our unseen foes, and how feeble is our 
wretched flesh. shelter us, we pray Thee, with the 
wing of Thy pity. Awake us at the fitting time ; 



IN THE FAMILY. 



357 



and bring us to seek Thee early, for Thy glory, and for 
Thy service. 

Thou who art the hope of all the ends of the 
earth, remember Thy whole creation for good, visit 
the world in Thy compassion. 

God of grace and truth, establish all who stand 
in truth and grace; restore all who are sick with here- 
sies and sins. 

wholesome defence of Thine anointed, remem- 
ber Thy Church which Thou hast purchased and re- 
deemed of old; grant to all believers one heart and 
one soul. 

Thou by whom are ordained the powers that be, 
grant to those who are chief in authority over us, to 
be chief in virtue and Thy fear; grant to the Na- 
tional Congress Thy holy wisdom; and to our great 
men to do nothing against, but for the truth. 

Helper of the helpless, seasonable aid in affliction, 
remember all who are in necessity, and need Thy 
succor. Have mercy on them, as on us also, when in 
extremities. Remember, Lord, infants and children, 
orphans and widows, foreigners, travellers and voya- 
gers, the sick in soul or body, all in extreme age and 
weakness, all in prison and chains, all in bitter servi- 
tude, or in loneliness. Thou, Lord, preservest both 
man and beast; how excellent is Thy loving-kindness, 
God ; therefore the children of men put their trust 
under the shadow of Thy wings. 

The Lord bless us, and keep us, and show the light 
of His countenance upon us, and be merciful unto 
us; the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, and 
give us peace. Amen. 



THE CANTICLES, 
PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS, 
POINTED FOR CHANTING. 

1. The Nicene Creed, 

1. TVe believe in one God, the | Father Al|mighty, || Maker of 

heaven and earth, and of all things | visi- ble | and in-| visi- 
ble: 

2. And in one Lord | Jesus | Christ, 1 1 the only begotten Son of 

God, begotten of the Father be- 1 fore — | all — | worlds. 

3. God of God, Light of Light, very God of | ve ry | God;|| be| 

gotten | not z= | made; 

4. Of one substance [ with the | Father, 1 1 by | whom all | things 

were | made; 

5. "Who, for us men, and for our salvation came | down from | 

heaven, 1 1 and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost | of the | 
Virgin | Mary, 

6. And was | made = [ man : 1 1 who was also crucified for us | 

under | Pontius | Pilate, 

7. And suffered, and was buried; and the third day | rose a-| gain || 

according to the Scriptures: and as-| cended | into | heaven, 

8. And sitteth at the right hand | of the | Father; J| and shall 

come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead; of 
whose | kingdom there | shall be no | end. 

358 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 359 

9. And we believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the | Giver of | 
life, || who proceedeth from the | Father | and the | Son, 

10. Who, with the Father and the Son together, is worshipped 

and | glo-ri-| fied, || who | spake — | by the | prophets; 

11. In one holy catholic and apos-| tolic | Church. || "We confess 

one baptism | for the re-| mission of | sins. 

12. We look for the resurrection | of the |dead, || and the | life of 

the | world to ) come. 1 1 Amen. 

2, The Advent Canticle, 

1. Sing unto the Lord a new song; and His praise from the | end 

of the | earth, || ye that go down to the sea, and | all that | 
is there- 1 in. 

2. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift | up their | voice; || 

let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout | from 
the | tops of the | mountains. 

3. Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare His praise | 

among the | heathen. 1 1 The Lord hath | com- forted | His=| 
people; 

4. He hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of | all — | na- 

tions: || and all the ends of the earth shall see the sal-| 
vation | of our | God. 

5. Say to the Daughter of Zion, behold, thy sal- 1 vation | cometh; || 

behold, His reward is with Him, | and His | work be-| fore 
Him. 

6. Fear thou not; for | I am | with thee; || be not dismayed ; for | 

I am | thy = | God : 

7. I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will | help = | thee. || Unto you 

that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with | 
healing | in His | wings! 

8. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and | all flesh shall | 

see it. 1 1 Death shall be swallowed up in victory, and God 
will wipe away | all tears | from our | eyes. 

9. And it shall be said in that day, Lo! | this is our | God; || we 

have waited for Him, | and = | He will | save us : 



360 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

10. This is the Lord; we have | waited for | Him, || we will be glad 

and re- 1 joice in | His sal-| vation. 

11. Sanctify and prepare yourselves to look upon the glory of our 

God; for the | Lord — | cometh. || Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord and | make His | paths = [ straight. 

12. Let us serve Him with gladness, and come before His | presence 

with | singing ! 1 1 Blessed is He that cometh in the| name = | 
of the | Lord! 

Glory be to the Father, | and to the | Son, 1 1 and | to the | Holy | 
Ghost: 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, 1 1 world 
without | end. = | A — | men. 



3. The Christmas Canticle. 

1. Behold, I bring you good tidings of | great = | joy; || for un- 

to you is born this day a Saviour, | which is | Christ the | 
Lord! 

2. Glory to God | in the | highest, || and on earth, peace, | good = | 

will toward | men ! 

3. The Lord hath remembered His | cov-e-|nant || and sent sal-| 

vation | to His | people. 

4 Israel is saved | by the | Lord || with an [ ever-|lasting sal-| 
vation. 

5. This is the Lord's doing, and marvellous | in our | eyes. || This 

is the day the Lord hath made; we will rejoice | and be | 
glad in | it. 

6. Let the voice of rejoicing and sal-|vation be | heard, || in the 

taber-|na- cles | of the | righteous. 

7. Blessed is He that cometh in the name | of the | Lord! || 

Blessed be the kingdom of our Father David! Ho-|sanna | 
in the | highest! 

8. Open to me the gates of | righteous-|ness, 1 1 1 will enter in and | 

praise — | the = | Lord. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 361 

9. Say among the heathen, that the | Lord — | reigneth, || Let 
the multitudes of the isles be glad thereof : let the heavens 
rejoice, and | let the | earth be [ glad. 

10. He shall judge the world with | righteous- |ness; || and the | 

people | with His | truth. 

11. Blessed be His glorious Name for | ever and | ever: || and let 

the whole earth be | filled | with His | glory. 
Glory be to the Father, | and to the | Son, 1 1 and | to the | Holy | 
Ghost: 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, 1 1 world 
without | end. = | A = | men. 

4. Tlie Good Friday Canticle. 

1. Christ our Passover was offered for us | on this ] day. || He was 

delivered for | our of-| fen = | ces. 

2. He bore our sins in His own body | on the | tree, 1 1 and the 

Lord hath laid on Him the in-| iquity of | us = | all. 

3. He hath trodden the wine-| press a-| lone, || and of the people | 

there was | none with | Him. 

4. He was taken from prison | and from | judgment; || He was 

cut off out | of the land | of the | living. 

5. Thou wast slain, and hast re-| deemed | us || out of every kin- 

dred, and tongue, and | people, | and = | nation; 

6. Thou hast loved us, and washed us from our sins in | Thine 

own | blood; 1 1 and hast made us unto our God, | kings — | 
and = | priests. 

7. "Worthy is the Lamb | that was | slain 1 1 to receive power, and 

riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, for-| 
ever and | ev = | er. 

8. Now is come sal | vation and | strength, 1 1 and the kingdom of 

our God, and the | power of | His = | Christ. 

9. Death shall be swallowed | up in | victory, || and God shall 

wipe away all | tears =: | from our | eyes. 
Glory be to the Father, | *nd to the | Son, || and | to the | Holy | 
Ghost: 
31 



362 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, 1 1 world 
without | end. = j A = | men. 

5. The Easter Canticle. 

1. Christ our Passover | has — risen. || He was dead, and behold 

He is alive for evermore, and hath the keys of | hell — | 
and of | death. 

2. Christ our Passover was dead, a sacrifice | for our | sins. 1 1 He 

was put to death in the flesh, but was | quickened | by the | 
Spirit. 

3. Christ is risen from the dead, and henceforth | diethno | more; || 

death hath no more do-| minion | over | Him. 

4. He died unto sin once, but now He liveth | unto | God; || the 

Prince of Life could not be | holden | of = | death. 

5. God did not leave His soul | in the | grave, 1 1 nor suffer His 

Holy one to | see — | cor- = | ruption. 

6. Christ is risen, the first fruits of | them that | slept. 1 1 Since by 

man came death, by man came also the resur-| rection | of 
the | dead. 

7. Death is swallowed | up for | ever! || Death, | where = | is 

thy | sting? 

8. Grave, | where is thy | victory? || Thanks be unto God, 

which giveth us the victory, | through our Lord | Jesus | 
Christ. 

Glory be to the Father, | and to the | Son, 1 1 and | to the | Holy | 
Ghost: 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, 1 1 world 
without | end. — | A = | men. 

6. The Ascension Day Canticle. 

1. clap your hands, | all ye | people. || Shout unto God with the | 
voice — | of — | triumph! 



/ 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 863 

2. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound | of a | 

trumpet. 1 1 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted 
up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of | glory | shall 
come | in! 

3. Who is this | king of | glory? || The Lord, strong and mighty; | 

He is the | king of | glory. 

4. Sing praises to God, and unto our King! | Sing = | praises! || 

For He is the | King of | all the | earth. 

5. God reigneth | over the | heathen; || He sitteth upon the j 

throne of | His — | holiness. 

6. Let all the world bow | down be-| fore Him, || and all the angels 

of | God — | worship | Him ! 

7. Thy throne, God, is for | ever and | ever; || the sceptre of Thy 

kingdom | is a | right = | sceptre. 

8. Thou lovest righteousness and | hatest | wickedness; || therefore 

God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of | glad- 
ness a- 1 bove Thy | fellows. 

9. Thou hast as-| cended on | high; || Thou hast led cap-| tiv-i- 1 

ty = | captive. 

10. Thou has received | gifts for | men. || Thou hast entered into 

Thy Father's house, to pre-| pare a | mansion for | us. 

11. Thou hast prepared Thy throne | in the | heavens; || and Thy 

kingdom | ruleth | over | all. 
Glory be to the Father, | and to the | Son, || and | to the | Holy | 
Ghost : 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, 1 1 world 
without | end. — | A = | men. 

7. The Whitsunday Canticle. 

1. Let us praise the Lord, and ex-| alt His | goodness. || Let us come 

before him with songs of | praise, and | hymns of thanks- 1 
giving. 

2. God hath raised up His holy Child Jesus, who, being by His 

right hand exalted, shed forth the promise of the Holy 
Ghost up-| on the Ap-| ostles, || so that they spake with new 
tongues, and wrought signs and | wonders | in His | name. 



364 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

3. He gave power to the testimony | of His | servants. 1 1 The king- 

doms of the earth, the people and | nations have | heard His | 
voice, 

4. And have rendered obedience | unto our | Lord, 1 1 and | to = | 

His = | Christ. 

5. We render thanks unto | Thee, | Lord, || who art the Alpha 

and Omega, the | first = | and the | last, 

6. That thou hast re-| vealed Thy | power, || and entered | upon | 

Thy = | kingdom. 

7. Thou hast sent unto | us the | Comforter, 1 1 even the Spirit of 

truth, that he may a-| bide with | us for-| ever. 

8. Thou hast sent the Spirit of Thy Son into our hearts, whereby 

we cry unto Thee: | Abba, | Father. || It is the Spirit, 
which witnesseth with our spirits, that | we are the | chil- 
dren of | God. 

9. The Spirit also helpeth | ourin-| firmities, || and with groanings, 

which cannot be uttered, | maketh inter- 1 cession | for us. 

10. We wait for the redemption | of our | body, || and for the 

manifestation of the glorious liberty | of the | sons of | God. 

11. The Spirit is the earnest and pledge of | our in-| heritance; || 

whereby also we are sealed | unto the | day of re-| demp- 
tion. 

12. Lord, we praise Thee, and | render Thee | thanks, || that 

Thou hast | given | us the | Spirit. 

Glory be to the Father, | and to the | Son, || and | to the | Holy 
Ghost: 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, || world 
without | end. — | A — | men. 



8. The Trinity Sunday Canticle. 

The proper Canticle for Ihis Day is the Ambrosian Hymn, Te 
Deum Laudamus, No. 44. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 365 

9. Psalm XXIII. 

1. The Lord | is my | Shepherd; 1 1 I | shall = | not = | want. 

2. He niaketh me to lie down in | green = | pastures : 1 1 He lead- 

eth me be-j side the | still = | waters". 

3. He re- 1 storeth my | soul: j| He leadeth me in the paths of 

righteousness for | His =: | name's = | sake. 

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 

I will | fear no j evil: || for Thou art with me; Thy rod and 
Thy j staff they | comfort j me. 

5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of | mine = | 

enemies: || Thou anointest my head with | oil; my | cup 
runneth j over. 

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days | of my | 

life: || and I will dwell in the house | of the | Lord for-| 
ever. 

10. JPsalm XLYI. 

1. God is our | refuge and j strength, || a very | present | help in | 

trouble. 

2. Therefore will not we fear, though the | earth be | removed, || 

and though the mountains be carried into the | midst — | of 
the | sea. 

3. Though the waters thereof | roar and | be troubled, || though 

the mountains shake | with the | swelling there- 1 of. 

4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the | city 

of | God, || the holy place of the tabernacles | of the | 
most = | High. 

5. God is in the midst of her; she shall | not be | moved: )| God 

shall help her, | and — | that right | early. 

6. The heathen raged, the kingdoms j were = | moved: || He ut- 

tered His | voice, = | the earth | melted. 

7. The Lord of | hosts is | with us; || the God cf | Jacob | is our | 

refuge. 

8. Come, behold the works | of the | Lord, 1 1 what desolations He 

hath | made = | in the | earth. 

31* 



366 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end | of the | earth; || He 
breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He 
burneth the | chariot | in the | fire. 

10. Be still, and know that | I am | God : 1 1 I will be exalted among 

the heathen, I will be ex-| alted | in the | earth. 

11. The Lord of | hosts is | with us; || the God of | Jacob | is our | 

refuge. 

11. Psalm XLVII. 

1. clap your hands, | all ye | people; || shout unto | God with 

the | voice of | triumph. 

2. For the Lord most | High is | terrible; || He is a great | King 

over | all the | earth. 

3. He shall subdue the people | under | us, 1 1 and the | nations | 

under our | feet. 

4. He shall choose our in- 1 heri-tance | for us, || the excellency of | 

Jacob | whom He | loved. 

5. God is gone | up with a | shout, 1 1 the Lord with the | sound = | 

of a | trumpet. 

6. Sing praises to | God, sing | praises: || sing praises | unto our | 

King, sing | praises. 

7. For God is the King of | all the | earth : 1 1 sing ye | praises 

with | under- | standing. 

8. God reigneth | over the | heathen : 1 1 God sitteth upon the ] 

throne — | of His | holiness. 

9. The princes of the people are | gathered to-| gether, || even the 

people of the | God of | A-bra-| ham: 
10. For the shields of the earth belong | unto | God: || He is | 
great — | ly ex-| alted. 

12. Psalm LI. 

1. Have mercy upon me, | Q = | God, || according to || Thy — | 
loving- | kindness: 



THE ' CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 367 

2. According unto the multitude of Thy | tender | mercies || blot | 

out = | my trans- | gressions. 

3. Wash me throughly | from mine | iniquity, 1 1 and | cleanse me | 

from my [ sin. 

4. For I acknowledge | my trans- 1 gressions: || and my sin is | ever 

be- 1 fore = | me. 

5. Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil | in 

Thy | sight: || that Thou mightest be justified when Thou 
speakest, and be | clear when | Thou judg-| est. 

6. Behold, I was | shapen in | iniquity; || and in sin did my ] 

mother con-| ceive — | me. 

7. Behold, Thou desirest truth in the | inward | parts : 1 1 and in 

the hidden part Thou shalt | make me | to know wis-| dom. 

8. Purge me with hyssop, and I | shall be | clean : 1 1 wash me, and 

I shall be | whi- — | ter than | snow. 

9. Make me to hear | joy and | gladness; || that the bones which 

Thou hast | broken | may re-| joice. 

10. Hide Thy face | from my | sins, || and blot | out all | mine in- 

iquities. 

11. Create in me a clean | heart, | God; || and renew a right | 

spirit with- 1 in = | me. 

12. Cast me not away | from Thy | presence; || and take not Thy | 

Holy | Spirit | from me, 

13. Restore unto me the joy of | Thy sal-| vation; || and uphold 

me | with Thy | free = | Spirit. 

14. Then will I teach transgressors | Thy | ways; || and sinners 

shall be con-| verted | unto | Thee. 

15. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, Thou God of | my 

sal- 1 vation; || and my tongue shall sing aloud | of Thy | 
righteous- 1 ness. 

16. Lord, open | Thou my | lips; || and my mouth shall j shew 

forth | Thy =: | praise. 

17. For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else | would I | give it: || 

Thou delightest | not in | burnt — | offering. 



368 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 



18. The sacrifices of Grod are a | broken | spirit: || a broken and a 

contrite heart, Grod, | Thou wilt | not de-| spise. 

19. Do good in Thy good pleasure | unto | Zion: || build Thou the 

walls | of Je-| rusa-| lem. 

20. Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteous- 

ness, with burnt offering and | whole burnt | offering : 1 1 then 
shall they offer bullocks | upon | Thine = | altar. 

13. Psalm LXVII. 

1. G-od be merciful unto | us, and | bless us; || and cause His | face 

to | shine up-| on us. 

2. That Thy way may be | known upon | earth, || Thy saving | 

health a-| mong all | nations. 

3. Let the people praise | Thee, | God; || let | all the | people | 

praise Thee. 

4. let the nations be glad and | sing for | joy: || for Thou shalt 

judge the people righteously, and govern the | nations | up- 
on | earth. 

5. Let the people praise | Thee, | Grod; || let | all the | people | 

praise Thee. 

6. Then shall the earth | yield her | increase; || and Grod, even 

our own | Grod, — | shall = | bless us. 

7. Grod | shall = | bless us; || and all the ends of the | earth shall | 

fear — | Him. 

14. Psalm ZXXXIV. 

1. How amiable are Thy | taber-| nacles, || | Lord = | of = | 

hosts ! 

2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts | of the | 

Lord : 1 1 my heart and my flesh crieth out | for the | living 
God. 

3. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest 

for herself, where she may | lay her | young, 1 1 even Thine 
altars; Lord of hosts, my | king = | and my | God. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 369 

4. Blessed are they that dwell | in Thy | house : 1 1 they will be | 

still — | praising | Thee. 

5. Blessed is the man whose strength | is in | Thee; || in whose 

heart | are = | the ways | of them. 

6. Who, passing through the valley of Baca, make | it a | well; || 

the rain also | fill — | eth the | pools. 

7. They go from | strength to | strength, || every one of them in 

Zion ap-| peareth j before | God. 

8. Lord God of hosts, | hear my | prayer: || give ear | = | 

God of | J acob. 

9. Behold, | God our | shield, || and look upon the | face of | 

Thine a-| nointed. 

10. For a day in Thy courts is better | than a | thousand. 1 1 I had 

rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to 
dwell in the | tents of | wicked- 1 ness. 

11. For the Lord God is a | sun and | shield: || the Lord will give 

grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from | 
them = | that walk | uprightly. 

12. | Lord of | hosts, || blessed is the | man that | trusteth in | 

Thee. 

IS. JPsalm CX. 

1. Lord, Thou hast been our | dwelling- 1 place || in | all gene-| 

ra =r | tions. 

2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst 

formed the earth | and the | world, 1 1 even from everlasting 
to ever-| lasting, | Thou art | God. 

3. Thou turnest man | to de-| struction; || and say est, Be- 1 turn, 

ye | children of | men. 

4. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as | yester-| day 1 1 

when it is past, and as a | watch — | in the | night. 

5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are | as a | 

sleep : 1 1 in the morning they are like | grass which | grow- 
eth | up. 

6. In the morning it flourisheth, and | groweth | up; || in the 

evening it is cut | down, and | wither-| eth. 

Y 



370 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

7. For we are consumed by | Thine = | anger, || and by | Thy 

wrath | are we | troubled. 

8. Thou hast set our iniquities be- 1 fore — | Thee, || our secret 

sins in the light | of Thy | counte-| nance. 

9. For all our days are passed away | in Thy | wrath : 1 1 we spend 

our years as a | tale =t | that is | told. 

10. The days of our years are three-score years and ten; and if by 

reason of strength they be j four-score | years, 1 1 yet is their 
strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, | and we | 
fly a- 1 way. 

11. Who knoweth the power of | Thine — | anger? || even accord- 

ing to Thy fear, | so is | Thy — | wrath. 

12. So teach us to number | our — | days, || that we may apply 

our | hearts = | unto | wisdom. 

16. Psalm XCI. 

1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the | most = | High || 

shall abide under the shadow of | the Al-| migh = | ty. 

2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and | my = | fortress : 1 1 

my G-od; in | Him — | will I | trust. 

3. Surely He shall deliver Thee from the snare | of the j fowler, 1 1 

and from the | noisome | pesti-| lence. 

4. He shall cover Thee with His feathers, and under His wings | 

shalt thou | trust : 1 1 His truth shall | be thy | shield and | 
buckler. 

5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the | terror by | night; || nor for 

the | arrow that | flieth by | day. 
6r Nor for the pestilence that walketh in | dark z=z | ness ; 1 j nor 
for the destruction that | wasteth | at =r | noonday. 

7. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at | thy 

right I hand; || but it shall | not come | nigh = | thee. 

8. Only with thine eyes shalt | thou be- 1 hold || and see the re-| 

ward = I of the | wicked. 

9. Because thou hast made the Lord which | is my | refuge, || 

even the most | High, thy | habi-| tation,. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 371 



10. There shall no evil be- 1 fall = | thee, || neither shall any | 

plague come | nigh thy | dwelling. 

11. For He shall give His angels charge | over | thee, || to keep | 

thee in | all thy | ways. 

12. They shall bear thee up | in their | hands, || lest thou dash 

thy | foot a- 1 gainst a | stone. 

13. Thou shalt tread upon the | lion and | adder: || the young lion 

and the dragon shalt | thou trample | under | feet. 

14. Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I de-| li- 

ver | him: || I will set him on high, because | he hath | 
known My | Name. 

15. He shall call upon Me, and I will | answer | him: || I will be 

with him in trouble ; I will deliver | him, and | honor | him. 

16. With long life will I | satis-| fy him, || and | shew him | My 

sal- 1 vation. 

17. Psalm XCII. 

1. It is a good thing to give thanks un-| to the | Lord, || and to 

sing praises unto Thy | name, — | most | High : 

2. To shew forth Thy loving kindness | in the | morning, | and 

Thy | faithful- 1 ness every | night, 

3. Upon an instrument of ten strings, and up-| on the | psaltery; [| 

upon the harp | with a | solemn | sound. 

4. For Thou, Lord, hast made me glad | through Thy | work: || I 

will triumph in the | works of | Thy =z | hands. 

5. Lord, how great | are Thy | works! || and Thy | thoughts 

are | very | deep. 

6. A brutish man | knoweth | not; || neither doth a | fool =z | 

under- 1 stand this. 

7. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers 

of iniquity do | flour — | ish; || it is that they shall be de- 
stroyed for ever: but Thou, Lord, art most | High for | 
ever- 1 more. 

8. For, lo, Thine enemies, Lord, for, lo, Thine enemies shall 

per= | ish; |j all the works of iniquity | shall — | be scat- 
tered. 



372 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

9. But my horn shalt Thou exalt like the horn of an | uni-] corn : || 
I shall be a-| nointed | with fresh | oil. 
10. Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine | ene-jmies, || and 
mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that | rise z= | 
up a- 1 gainst me. 

11 The righteous shall flourish like the | palm = | tree: || he shall 
grow like a | cedar in | Leba-| non. 

12. Those that be planted in the house | of the | Lord 1 1 shall flou- 

rish in the | courts = | of our | Grod. 

13. They shall still bring forth fruit | in old | age; || they shall be | 

fat and | flourish- 1 ing; 

14. To shew that the Lord is | up = | right; || He is my rock, and 

there is no un-J righteous- 1 ness in | Him. 

18. JPsalm XCV. 

1. come, let us sing un-| to the | Lord: || let us make a joyful 

noise to the | Rock of | our sal-| vation. 

2. Let us come before His presence | with thanks-] giving, | and 

make a joyful noise | unto | Him with | psalms. 

3. For the Lord is a | great = | Grod, 1 1 and a great | King a-| bove 

all | gods. 

4. In His hand are the deep places | of the | earth : 1 1 the strength 

of the | hills is | His — | also. 

5. The sea is His, | and He | made it: || and His hands | formed 

the | dry = | land. 

6. come, let us worship | and bow | down: || let us kneel be-| 

fore the | Lord our | Maker. 

7. For He | is our | Grod; || and we are the people of His pasture, | 

and the | sheep of His | hand. 

19. Psalm XCVI. 

1. sing unto the Lord a | new — | song: || sing unto the | 

Lord, = | all the | earth. 

2. Sing unto the Lord, | bless His | name; || shew forth His sal-| 

vation from [ day to | day. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 373 

3. Declare His glory a-| mong the | heathen, [ | His wonders | a- 

mong | all — | people. 

4. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be | prais- — | ed : 1 1 He 

is to be | feared | above all | gods. 

5. For all the gods of the nations | are = | idols: || but the | 

Lord = | made the | heavens. 

6. Honor and majesty are be-| fore — | Him: || strength and 

beauty are | in His | sanctu-| ary. 

7. Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds | of the | people, || give 

unto the | Lord =— | glory and | strength. 

8. Grive unto the Lord the glory due un-| to His | Name: || bring 

an offering, and | come in-| to His | courts. 

9. worship the Lord in the beauty of | holi-| ness: || fear be-] 

fore Him, | all the | earths 

10. Say among the heathen that the | Lord = | reigneth: || the 

world also shall be established that it shall not be moved : 
He shall judge the | people | righteous- 1 ly. 

11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the | earth be | glad; || let the 

sea | roar, and | the fulness there- 1 of. 

12. Let the field be joyful, and all that | is there-] in: || then shall 

all the trees of the wood re-| joice be-| fore the | Lord: 

13. For | He = | cometh, || for He | cometh to | judge the | earth: 

14. He shall judge the | world with | righteousness, || and the | 

people | with His | truth. 

20. Psalm XCVIII. 

1. sing unto the Lord a | new = | song; || for He hath | 

done = | marvellous | things. 

2. His right hand, and His | holy | arm, 1 1 hath | gotten | Him the | 

victory. 

3. The Lord hath made known | His sal- 1 vation: || His righteous 

ness hath He openly shewed in the | sight == | of the | hea- 
then. 
32 



374 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

4. He hath remembered His mercy and His truth toward the | 

house of | Israel : 1 1 all the ends of the earth have seen the 
sal- 1 vation | of our | God. 

5. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, | all the | earth: || make a 

loud noise, and re-| joice, = | and sing | praise. 

6. Sing unto the Lord | with the | harp; || with the harp, and the | 

voice = | of a | psalm. 

7. With trumpets and | sound of | cornet || make a joyful noise 

be- 1 fore the | Lord, the | King. 

8. Let the sea roar, and the | fulness there-| of; || the world, and | 

they that | dwell there- 1 in. 

9. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 

be-| fore the | Lord; || for He | cometh to | judge the | earth: 
10. With righteousness shall He | judge the | world, || and the | 
people | with — | equity. 

21. JPsalm C. 

1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, | all ye | lands. || Serve the 
Lord with gladness : come before His | presence | with =: | 
singing. 

2 Know ye that the Lord | He is | G-od : 1 1 it is He that hath made 
us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, | and the | 
sheep of His | pasture. 

3. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His | courts 

with | praise : 1 1 be thankful unto Him, and | bless = | 
His = | Name. 

4. For the Lord is good; His mercy is | ev-er-| lasting; || and His 

truth endureth | to all | gene-| rations. 

22. Psalm CIII. 

1. Bless the Lord, | my | soul: || and all that is within me, | bless 

His | holy | Name. 

2. Bless the Lord, | my | soul, || and for-|get not | all His | 

benefits : 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 375 

3. Who forgiveth all | thine in-| iquities; |[ who healeth | all — | 

thy dis-j eases; 

4. Who redeemeth thy life | from de-j struction; || who crowneth 

thee with loving- 1 kindness and | tender | mercies. 

5. Who satisfieth thy mouth | with good | things; || so that thy 

youth is re-| newed | like the | eagle's. 

6. The Lord executeth righteousness and | judg =r | ment || for | 

all that | are op-| pressed. 

7. He made known His ways | unto | Moses, 1 1 His acts unto the | 

children of | Isra-| el. 

8. The Lord is merciful and | gra- = | cious, 1 1 slow to anger, and | 

plen = | teous in | mercy. 

9. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon 

them that | fear = | Him, 1 1 and His righteousness unto | 
children's | chil = | dren. 

10. To such as | keep His | covenant, || and to those that remem- 

ber His com- 1 mand == | ments to | do them. 

11. The Lord hath prepared His throne | in the | heavens; || and 

His kingdom | ruleth | over | all. 

12. Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that ex-| eel in | strength, || 

that do His commandments, hearkening unto the | voice = | 
of His | word. 

13. Bless ye the Lord, all | ye His | hosts; || ye ministers of | His, 

that | do His | pleasure. 

14. Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of | His do-| 

minion : 1 1 bless the | Lord, = | my | soul. 

23. Psalm CVII. 

1. that men would praise the Lord | for His | goodness, || and 

for His wonderful works | to the | children of | men! 

2. And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of [ thanks — | giving, || 

and declare | His works | with re-| joicing. 

3. They that go down to the | sea in | ships, 1 1 that do business in 

great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and His | 
wonders | in the | deep. 



376 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 



4 For He commandeth, and raiseth the | stormy | wind, 1 1 which 
lifteth | up the | waves there- 1 of. 

5. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again | to the | 

depths : 1 1 their soul is melted | Tbe = | cause of | trouble. 

6. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a | drunken | man, || 

and | are at | their wit's | end. 

7. Then they cry unto the Lord | in their | trouble, || and He 

bringeth them | out of | their dis-| tresses. 

8. He maketh the | storm a | calm, || so that the | waves there-| of 

are | still. 

9. Then | are they | glad || be-| cause — | they be | quiet; 

10. So He | bringeth | them || unto | their = | desired | haven. 

11. that men would praise the Lord | for His | goodness, || and 

for His wonderful works | to the | children of | men. 

12. Let them exalt Him also in the congregation | of the | people, || 

and praise Him in the as-| sembly | of the | elders. 



24. Psalm CXI. 

1. I will praise the Lord with | my whole | heart, || in the assembly 

of the upright, and | in the | congre-| gation. 

2. The works of the | Lord are | great, 1 1 sought out of all them 

that have | pleas — | ure there-] in. 

3. His work is honorable | and glo-|rious: || and His righteous- 

ness en- 1 dur = | eth for | ever. 

4. He hath made His wonderful works to | be re-| membered: || 

the Lord is gracious and | full — | of com-| passion. 

5. He hath given meat unto them that | fear = | Him: J| He will 

ever be mindful | of His | cove-| nant. 

6. He hath shewed His people the power | of His | works, 1 1 that 

He may give them the | heritage | of the | heathen. 

7. The works of His hands are verity and | judg — | ment; || all 

His com- 1 mand- = | ments are | sure. 

8. They stand fast for | ever and | ever, 1 1 and are done in | truth 

and | upright- 1 ness. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 377 

9. He sent redemption un-| to His | people: || He hath command- 
ed His covenant for ever: holy and | reverend | is His | 
Name. 

10. The fear of the Lord is the be-| ginning of | wisdom: || a good 
understanding have all they that do His commandments: 
His praise en-| dur = | eth for | ever. 

25. Psalm CXXI. 

1. I will lift up mine eyes un-| to the | hills, || from | whence com-| 

eth my | help. 

2. My help cometh | from the | Lord, 1 1 which | made = | heaven 

and | earth 

3. He will not suffer thy foot | to be | moved : 1 1 He that | keepeth 

thee | will not | slumber. 

4. Behold, He that keepeth | Isra-| el || shall neither | slum = | 

ber nor | sleep. 

5. The Lord | is thy [ Keeper: || the Lord is thy shade up-| on 

thy | right = | hand. 

6. The sun shall not smite | thee by | day, 1 1 nor the | moon = | 

by == | night. 

7. The Lord shall preserve thee | from all | evil: || He shall pre-| 

serve = | thy = | soul. 

8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy | coming | in j | 

from this time forth, and | even for | ever | more. 

26. Psalm CXXII. 

1. I was glad when they said | unto | me, || Let us go into the | 

house = | of the | Lord. 

2. Our feet shall stand with- 1 in thy | gates, || Je-| ru — j 

sa | lem. 

3. Jerusalem is builded | as a | city || that | is com-| pact to-] 

gether. 

32* 



878 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

4. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes | of the | Lord, 1 1 unto the 

testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the | Name = | of 
the | Lord. 

5. For there are set | thrones of | judgment, || the thrones | of 

the | house of | David. 

6. Pray for the peace of Je-| rusa-| lem: || they shall | prosper | 

that love | thee. 

7. Peace be with-| in thy | walls, || and prosperity with-| in thy | 

pala-| ces. 

8. For my brethren and com-| panions' | sakes, || I will now say, | 

Peace be | within | thee. 

9. Because of the house of the | Lord our | God, 1 1 I will | seek — | 

thy =z | good. 



27. JPsalm CXXX. 

1. Out of the depths have I cried unto | Thee, | Lord. || Lord, | 

hear — | my = | voice : 

2. Let Thine ears | be at-| tentive || to the | voice of my | suppli-| 

cations. 

3. If Thou, Lord, shouldest | mark in-| iquities, || | Lord, = | 

who shall | stand ? 

4. But there is for-| giveness | with Thee, ] | that | Thou = | 

mayest be | feared. 

5. I wait for the Lord, my [ soul doth | wait, || and in His | 

word = | do I | hope. 

6. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch | for 

the | morning : 1 1 I say, more than they | that watch | for 
the | morning. 

7. Let Israel hope in tne Lord: for with the Lord | there is | 

mercy, || and with | Him is | plenteous re-| demption. 

8. And He shall re-| deem — | Israel 1 1 from | all — | his in-| 

iquities. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 379 

28. Selected from JPsalm CXXXII and XXIV. 

1. Arise. Lord, in-| to Thy [ rest; || Thou, and the | ark = | of 

Thy strength. 

2. Let Thy priests be clothed with | righteous- 1 ness; || and let 

Thy | saints = j shout for | joy. 

3. Make a joyful noise unto G-od, | all ye | lands. || Serve the Lord 

with gladness : enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and 
in- 1 to His | courts with | praise. 

4. Who shall ascend into the hill | of the | Lord ? 1 1 or who shall 

stand | in His j holy | place ? 

5. He that hath clean hands, and a | pure = | heart ; 1 1 who hath 

not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor | sworn de-| ceitful-| ly, 

6. He shall receive the blessing | from the | Lord, || and right- 

eousness from the | God of [ his sal-j vation. 

7. Lift up your heads, ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye ever-j 

lasting | doors; || and the King of | glory | shall come | in. 

8. Who is this | King of | glory? || The Lord, strong and mighty, 

the | Lord = | mighty in | battle. 

9. Lift up your heads, ye gates; even lift them up, ye ever-] 

lasting | doors, 1 1 and the King of | glory | shall come | in. 

10. Who is this | King of | glory? || The Lord of hosts, He is the | 
King of | glo — | ry. 



29. JPsalm CXXXIII. 

1. Behold, how good and how pleasant it | is for | brethren || to 

dwell to- 1 gether in | uni-| ty. 

2. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down 

up-| on the | beard, || even Aaron's beard: that went down 
to the | skirts — | of his | garments ; 

3. As the | dew of | Hermon, 1 1 and as the dew that descended 

up-| on the | mountains of | Zion: 

4. For there the Lord com-| manded the |* blessing, || even | life 

for j ever- 1 more. 



380 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

30. JPsalm CXLVI. 

1. Praise | ye the | Lord. || Praise the | Lord, — | my | soul. 

2. While I live will I | praise the | Lord: || I will sing praises 

unto my Grod | while I | have any | being. 

3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the | son of | man, 1 1 in | 

whom there | is no | help. 

4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth | to his | earth; || in that 

very day | his = | thoughts = | perish. 

5. Happy is he that hath the Grod of Jacob | for his | help, || whose 

hope is | in the | Lord his [ Grod. 

6. Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that | therein | 

is : 1 1 which | keepeth | truth for-| ever. 

7. Which executeth judgment | for the | oppressed : 1 1 which giveth ] 

food — | to the | hungry. 

8. The Lord looseth the prisoners : the Lord openeth the eyes | of 

the | blind : 1 1 the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : 
the Lord | lov =| eth the | righteous. 

9. The Lord preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless 

and | wid = | ow : but the way of the wicked He | turneth | 
upside | down. 

10. The Lord shall reign forever, even thy Grod, Zion, unto | all 
gene-| rations. || Praise | ye = | the — | Lord. 

31. JPsalm CXLVIII. 

1. Praise | ye the | Lord. || Praise ye the Lord from the hea- 

vens: | praise Him | in the | heights. 

2. Praise ye Him, | all His | angels : 1 1 praise | ye Him, | all His | 

hosts. 

3. Praise ye Him, | sun and | moon : 1 1 praise Him, | all ye | stars 

of | light. 

4. Praise Him, ye | heavens of | heavens, 1 1 and ye waters that be 

a- 1 bove = | the = | heavens. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 381 

5. Let thent praise the | name of the | Lord: || for He command- 

ed, | and they | were cre-| ated. 

6. He hath also stablished them for-| ever and | ever: || He hath 

made a decree | which shall | not — | pass. 

7. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, | and all | deeps: | 

Eire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy | wind ful-| filling 
His | word: 

8. Mountains, | and all | hills; || fruitful | trees = | and all | ce- 

dars: 

9. Beasts, | and all | cattle; || creeping things | and — | flying | 

fowl: 

10. Kings of the earth, | and all | people; || princes, and all | 

judges ] of the | earth. 

11. Both young men, and maidens; | old men, and | children: || let 

them praise the | name — | of the | Lord : 

12. For His name a-| lone is | excellent; 1 1 His glory is a-| bove the | 

earth and | heaven. 

13. He also exalteth the horn | of His | people, 1 1 the | praise of | 

all His | saints; 

14. Even of the | children of | Israel; || a people near unto Him. | 

Praise = | ye the | Lord. 

32. JPsalm CXLIX. 

1. Sing unto the Lord a | new = | song, || and his praise in the 

congre-| gation | of — j saints. 

2. Let Israel rejoice in | Him that | made him: || let the children 

of Zion be | joyful | in their | King. 

3. Let them praise His name | in the | dance: || let them sing 

praises unto | him with the | timbrel and | harp. 

4. For the Lord taketh pleasure | in His | people: ||He will beau- 

tify the | meek with | sal = | vation. 

5. Let the saints be | joyful in | glory: || let them sing a-| loud 

up- 1 on their | beds. 

6. Let the high praises of God be | in their | mouth, j f and a two- 

edged | sword — | in their | hand; 



382 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 



7. To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments up- 

on the | people; j| to bind their kings with chains, and their 
| nobles with j fetters of | iron. 

8. To execute upon them the | judgment | written: || this honor 

have all His saints. | Praise = | ye the | Lord. 



33. Psalm CZ. 

1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise God | in His | sanctuary: || praise 

Him in the | firmament | of His | power. 

2. Praise Him for His | mighty | acts : 1 1 praise Him according | 

to His | ex- cellent | greatness. 

3. Praise Him with the | sound of the | trumpet : 1 1 praise Him | 

with the | psaltery and | harp. 

4. Praise Him with the | timbrel and | dance: || praise Him | 

with stringed | instruments and | organs. 

5. Praise Him upon the | loud = | cymbals: || praise Him up-| 

on the | high-sounding | cymbals. 

6. Let every thing | that hath | breath || praise the Lord, j 

Praise = | ye the | Lord. 

34. Isaiah LII, 7-9. 

1. How beautiful up-| on the | mountains || are the feet of Him 

that bringeth good tidings, | that z=r | pub-lisheth | peace; 

2. That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth | sal = | 

vation; || that saith unto Zion, | Thy z= | Grod = | reign- 
eth! 

3. Thy watchmen shall lift | up the | voice; || with the voice to-| 

gether| shall they | sing: 

4. For they shall see | eye to | eye, | [ when the Lord shall | bring 

a-] gain = | Zion. 

5. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places | of Je-| 

rusalem : 1 1 for the Lord hath comforted His people, He | 
hath re- 1 deemed Je-| rusalem. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 383 

6. The Lord hath made hare His holy arm in the eyes of | all the | 
nations; || and all the ends of the earth shall see the sal-| 
vation | of our | God. 

35. 1 Cor. XV, 51-58. 

1. "We shall not | all = | sleep, || but we | shall — | all be | 

changed, 

2. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, | at the last | trump: || 

for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised 
incorruptible, | and we | shall be | changed. 

3. For this corruptible must put on | incor- | ruption, 1 1 and this 

mortal must | put on | immor-| tality. 

4. So when this corruptible shall have put on | in-cor-| ruption, || 

and this mortal shall have | put on | immor-| tality, 

5. Then shall be brought to pass the saying | that is | written, || 

Death is | swallowed | up in | victory. 

6. Death, | where is thy | sting? || | Grave, where | is thy | 

victory ? 

V. The sting of | death is | sin; |[ and the | strength of | sin is 
the | law. 

8. But | thanks be to | God, 1 1 which giveth us the victory through 
our | Lord = | Jesus | Christ. 

36. Baptismal Chant. 

1. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon | 

them that | fear Him, 1 1 and His righteousness | unto | chil- 
dren's | children. 

2. To such as | keep His | covenant; [| and to those that remem- 

ber His com- | mandments to | do = | them. 

3. Suffer little children to come unto me, and for-| bid them | not: || 

for of | such is the | kingdom of | heaven. 

(After the Baptism.) 
4c. I will pour My Spirit up-| on thy | seed, || and My | blessing 
up-| on thine | offspring. 



384 THE CANTICLES, PLALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

5. And they shall spring up as a-| mong the | grass, || as | willows 

by the | water- 1 courses. 

6. For the promise is unto you, and | to your | children; || and to 

all that are afar off, even as many as the J Lord our | God 
shall | call. 

37. Isaiah LIII, 5—9. 

1. He was wounded for | our trans- 1 gressions, || He was | bruised 

for | our in- 1 iquities. 

2. The chastisement of our peace | was upon | Him; || and with 

His | stripes = | we are | healed. 

3. All we like sheep have | gone a- 1 stray; || we have turned 

every | one to | his own | way ; 

4. And the Lord hath | laid on | Him || the in-| iquity | of us | 

all. 

5. He was oppressed, and He | was af-| flicted, || yet He | opened | 

not His | mouth: 

6. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before 

her | shearers is | dumb, || so He j openeth | not His | 
mouth. 

7. He was taken from prison | and from | judgment: || and who 

shall de-| clare His | gene-| ration? 

8. For He was cut off out of the land | of the | living : 1 1 for the 

transgression of my | people | was He | stricken. 

9. And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich | 

in His | death; || because He had done no violence, neither 
was any de-| ceit = | in His | mouth. 

38. Magnificat. 

1. My soul doth magni-| fy the | Lord, || and my spirit hath re-| 

joiced in | God my | Saviour. 

2. For He | hath re-| garded || the low | estate of | His hand-| 

maiden : 

3. For, behold, | from hence-| forth || all gene-j rations shall ] call 

me | blessed. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 385 

4. For He | that is | mighty, || hath done to nie great things ; and | 

holy | is His | name. 

5. And His mercy is on them | that fear | Him || from gene-| ra- 

tion | to gene- 1 ration. 

6. He hath shewed strength | with His | arm; || He hath scattered 

the proud in the imagi-| nation | of their | hearts. 

7. He hath put down the mighty | from their | seats, || and ex- 

alted | them of | low = | degree. 

8. He hath filled the hungry | with good | things; || and the 

rich He | hath sent | empty a-| way. 

9. He hath holpen His | servant | Israel, || in remem-| brance of | 

His =: j mercy; 

10. As He spake | to our | fathers, 1 1 to Abraham, and | his = | 
seed for- 1 ever. 

39. Benedictus. 

1. Blessed be the Lord | God of | Israel; || for He hath visited | 

and re- 1 deemed His | people, 

2. And hath raised up a horn of sal-| vation | for us || in the 

house | of His | servant | David ; 

3. As He spake by the mouth of His | holy | prophets, 1 1 which 

have been | since the | world be-| gan: 

4. That we should be saved | from our | enemies, 1 1 and from the | 

hand of | all that j hate us; 

5. To perform the mercy promised | to our | fathers, || and to re- 

member | His holy | cov-e-| nant; 

6. The oath | which He | sware || to our | father | A-bra-| ham, 

7. That He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of 

the hand | of our | enemies 1 1 might | serve Him j without | 
fear. 

8. In holiness and righteousness be-| fore = | Him, || all the | 

days — | of our | life. 

9. And Thou, Child, shalt be called the prophet | of the | High- 

est: || for Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to pre-| 
pare = | His — | ways ; 
10. To give knowledge of salvation | unto His | people j| by the 
re-| mission | of their | sins. 

33 Z 



38(5 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 



11. Through the tender mercy | of our | God; || whereby the day- 

spring from on | high hath | visited | us, 

12. To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the | shadow 

of | death. | j to guide our feet | into the | way of | peace. 

40. Nunc Dimittis. 

1. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant de-| part in | peace, || ac-| 

cording | to Thy | word : 

2. For | mine = | eyes || have | seen = | Thy sal-| vation, 

3. Which Thou | hast pre-| pared || before the | face of | all — | 

people ; 

4. A light to | lighten the | Gentiles, 1 1 and the glory | of Thv j 

people | Israel. 

41. The Seraphic Hymn. 

1. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord | God of | Sabaoth; || heaven and 

earth are full of the | majesty | of Thy | glory. 

2. Hosanna | in the | highest ! 1 1 Blessed is He that cometh in the 

name of the Lord. Ho-| sanna | in the | highest! 

42. Gloria JPatri. 

1. Glory be to the Father | and to the | Son, 1 1 and | to the | Holy | 

Ghost: 

2. As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall | be, j| 

world without | end. = | A = | men. 

43. Gloria in JExcelsis. 

1. G-lory be to | God on | high, || and on earth | peace, good | will 

toward | men. 

2. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we | worship | Thee, || we glo- 

rify Thee, we give thanks to | Thee for | Thy great | glory, 

3. Lord God, | heavenly | King, || God the | Father | Al= | 

mighty. 



THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 387 

4. Lord, the only begotten Son, | Jesus | Christ; || Lord| 

God, Lamb of God, | Son = | of the | Father, 

5. That takest away the j sin of the | world, || have | mercy up-| 

on = j ns. 

6. Thou that takest away the | sin of the | world, 1 1 have | mercy 

up- 1 on = | us. 

7. Thou that takest away the | sin of the | world, || re-| ceive =zz | 

our — | prayer. 

8. Thou that sittest at the right hand of | God the | Father, || 

have | mercy up-| on = | us. 

9. For Thou only | art = | holy; || Thou | only | art the | Lord; 
10. Thou only, Christ, with the | Holy | Ghost, || art most high 

in the | glory of | God the | Father. || Amen. 

44, Te JDeum Laudanius. 

1. We praise | Thee, | God; || We acknowledge | Thee to | be 

the | Lord. 

2. Xll the earth doth | worship | Thee, || the | Father | ever-| 

lasting. 

3. To Thee all angels | cry a-| loud: || the heavens and | all the | 

powers there- 1 in. 

4. To Thee cherubim and | seraph- 1 im || con-|tinual-| ly do | cry, 

5. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord | God of j Sabaoth. || Heaven and 

earth are full of the | majesty | of Thy | glory. 

6. The glorious company of the apostles | praise = | Thee: || The 

goodly fellowship of the | prophets | praise — | Thee, 

7. The noble army of martyrs | praise = | Thee: || The holy 

Church throughout all the world | doth ac-| knowledge | 
Thee, 

8. The | Fa = | ther, || of an | infinite | Majes-| ty; 

9. Thine adorable, true, and | only | Son: || Also, the | Holy | 

Ghost, the | Comforier. 

10. Thou art the king of glory, | = | Christ: || Thou art the ever- 

lasting | Son —- | of the | Father. 

11. When Thou tookest upon Thee to de-| liver | man, |j Thou 

didst humble Thyself to be | born = | of a | Virgin. 



388 THE CANTICLES, PSALMS AND ANCIENT HYMNS. 

12. When Thou hadst overcome the | sharpness of | death, || Thou 

didst open the kingdom of | heaven to | all be- 1 lievers. 

13. Thou sittest at the right | hand of | Grod, || in the | glory | of 

the | Father. 

14. We believe that Thou shalt come to j be our | Judge: || We 

therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast 
redeemed | with Thy | precious j blood. 

15. Make them to be numbered | with* Thy | saints, || in | glory | 

ever- 1 lasting. 

16. Lord, | save Thy | people, || and | bless = | Thy = | heri- 

tage. 

17. Gov-| ern = | them, || and | lift them | up for-| ever. 

18. Day by day we | magnify | Thee: And we worship Thy name 

ever | world with-| out = | end. 

19. Youch-| safe, | Lord, || to keep us this | day with-| out = | 

sin. 

20. Lord, have | mercy up-| on us, || have | mer= | cy up-| on us. 

21. Lord, let Thy mercy | be up-| on us, || as our ) trust is | 

in — | Thee. 

22. Lord, in Thee | have I | trusted : \\ let me | never | be con- 

founded. 



Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 
Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide 
Treatment Date: May 2006 

PreservationTechnologies 

A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 

1 1 1 Thomson Park Drive 
Cranberry Township, PA 16066 
(724)779-2111 



t 



